CITY OF ROCKFORD v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 49484.

69 Ill.2d 597 (1978)

373 N.E.2d 17

THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. — (Mark E. Emigholz, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Curtis Washburn and Stephen W. McCarty, of Rockford, for appellant.

John L. Heaslip, of Rockford, for appellee.


Judgment reversed; award set aside.

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

On March 3, 1972, the claimant, Mark E. Emigholz, filed an application for adjustment of claim with the Industrial Commission to recover workmen's compensation benefits from the respondent, the city of Rockford, for injuries sustained in an accident on December 22, 1971. The claimant alleged that on that date he was serving the respondent as a police officer. The...

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