CROW'S HYBRID CORN CO. v. INDUS. COM.

No. 49142.

72 Ill.2d 168 (1978)

380 N.E.2d 777

CROW'S HYBRID CORN CO., Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. — (Carl L. Hartman, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sebat, Swanson, Banks, Lessen & Garman, of Danville, and Williams, McCarthy, Kinley, Rudy & Picha, of Rockford (Robert J. Banks, Jr., of Danville, and George J. Picha and Russell D. Anderson, of Rockford, of counsel), for appellant.

Scheele, Murphy & Serkland, Ltd., of La Grange (James C. Serkland, of counsel), for appellee.

Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago (Douglas F. Stevenson, Stephen J. Friedman, and Ian M. Sherman, of counsel), for amici curiae Illinois Manufacturers Association, Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), Johns-Manville Corp., United States Steel Corp., Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Casualty Insurance Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co., American Insurance Association, Associated General Contractors of Illinois, Anchor Hocking Corp., Employers Mutual Companies, Alexander & Alexander, and Commonwealth Edison Co.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

In this workmen's compensation case, an arbitrator found no causal connection between the condition complained of, a hernia, and an accident alleged to have occurred September 23, 1971. The Commission found the arbitrator's decision "erroneous," but also denied the claim of Carl L. Hartman for failure to prove "notice of hernia pursuant to Section 6(c)(1)" of the Workmen's

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