In Pac. Employers Ins. Co. v. Ind. Acc. Com. (Decker) (1956) 139 Cal. App. 2d 260, the shooting death of an employee by a coemployee was held to be compensable. The court found that the shooting was the result of the coemployee's insane delusion that the deceased was spreading rumors that he was a sex pervert and was faking being a deaf mute. The court noted that the only contact between the employees was at work. There, the motive of the assailant cannot be characterized as work-related, but as the result of the assailant's delusional thinking. It was only because of the employment relationship that these men were brought together and the situation was created. Under these circumstances, the court stated that it was clear that the employment increased the risk to the victim that such an insane man would be likely to pick on him.