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Carr v. Industrial Commission

Supreme Court of Illinois
Nov 30, 1962
26 Ill. 2d 347 (Ill. 1962)

Opinion

No. 37219. Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed November 30, 1962.

WRIT OF ERROR to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. CHARLES S. DOUGHERTY, Judge, presiding.

KATZ FRIEDMAN, of Chicago, (HAROLD A. KATZ, IRVING M. FRIEDMAN, JEROME SCHUR, ARTHUR BRODY, and OSCAR D'ANGELO, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

GIFFORD, MOORE, RODDY POWER, of Chicago, (ROBERT M. MOORE, of counsel,) for defendant in error.


The sole issue here is whether injuries sustained by an employee, who fell at quitting time on an icy parking lot maintained by his employer immediately adjacent to a factory building, are compensable under the Workmen's Compensation Act. The Industrial Commission, setting aside an award by an arbitrator, held that the accident did not arise out of and in the course of employment and, upon review, the decision of the Commission was affirmed by the circuit court of Cook County. We have granted the employee's petition for writ of error.

In DeHoyos v. Industrial Com. 26 Ill.2d 110, in which an opinion was filed at the September, 1962, term, we reaffirmed our view that where an employee is injured on company property while going to or leaving work, such injuries are compensable. (See also: Indian Hill Club v. Industrial Com. 309 Ill. 271; Wabash Railway Co. v. Industrial Com. 294 Ill. 119.) What was said there is determinative of the issue in the present case.

Accordingly, the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County is reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions to that court to remand the same to the Commission for affirmance of the arbitrator's award.

Reversed and remanded, with directions.


Summaries of

Carr v. Industrial Commission

Supreme Court of Illinois
Nov 30, 1962
26 Ill. 2d 347 (Ill. 1962)
Case details for

Carr v. Industrial Commission

Case Details

Full title:HAROLD CARR, Plaintiff in Error, vs. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. …

Court:Supreme Court of Illinois

Date published: Nov 30, 1962

Citations

26 Ill. 2d 347 (Ill. 1962)
186 N.E.2d 280

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