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PHELPS v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 51519.

77 Ill.2d 72 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 1191

GEORGE PHELPS, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Crescent Drilling Co., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris & Lambert, of Marion, for appellant.

Keefe & De Pauli, P.C., of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, George Phelps, injured either his left or right knee or both on June 19, 1974, when he fell and struck it or them on a rotary table while in the course of his employment as a "roughnecker," or driller helper in an oil field, with Crescent Drilling Co., respondent. On March 27, 1975, claimant filed his application for adjustment of claim, alleging he "slipped on rotary rig and...

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