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ROCK ROAD CONST. CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 40134.

37 Ill.2d 123 (1967)

227 N.E.2d 65

ROCK ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. — (EDITH SORRENTINO, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HACKBERT, ROOKS, PITTS, FULLAGAR AND POUST, of Chicago, (DOUGLAS F. STEVENSON, DANIEL P. SOCHA, and STEPHEN L. SWARD, of counsel,) for appellant.

RALPH T. CARROLL, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal raises the recurring problem of the compensability of a fatal heart attack under the Illinois Workmen's Compensation Act. The arbitrator, Industrial Commission and circuit court of Cook County all agreed that the heart attack here involved was causally connected with the decedent's work and awarded compensation.

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