GIGANTI v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 50439.

73 Ill.2d 1 (1978)

382 N.E.2d 247

GENEVIEVE M. GIGANTI, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. — (Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Londrigan, of Londrigan & Potter, P.C., of Springfield (Alexandra de Saint Phalle, of counsel), for appellant.

Douglas F. Stevenson and Weston W. Marsh, of Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago, for appellee.

Harold A. Katz, Irving M. Friedman, Jerome Schur, and Warren E. Eagle, of Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chartered, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Genevieve Giganti filed an application for adjustment of claim with the Industrial Commission, seeking compensation for injuries she allegedly received during an altercation in Springfield on the premises of her employer, Illinois Bell Telephone Company (Bell). Her claim was denied by the arbitrator and by the Industrial Commission, and the Commission's action was confirmed by the...

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