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COUNTY OF COOK v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 47056.

61 Ill.2d 284 (1975)

335 N.E.2d 463

THE COUNTY OF COOK, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. — (Thomas McMahon, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Sheldon Gardner, Deputy State's Attorney, Chief-Civil Actions Bureau, and Alan L. Fulkerson, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellant.

John E. Lusak, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant, Thomas McMahon, filed an application to recover workmen's compensation benefits for injuries he sustained on September 4, 1971, while serving as a deputy sheriff of Cook County. The arbitrator denied the claim, ruling that although McMahon was an employee of Cook County within the meaning of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 48, par. 138...

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