LONG v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 51549.

76 Ill.2d 561 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 1192

KENNETH LONG, Appellee, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Alva C. Davis Drilling Co., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Hanagan & Dousman, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.


Judgment reversed; award set aside.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Kenneth Long filed an application for adjustment of a workmen's compensation claim against his employer, Alva C. Davis Drilling Co., claiming an aggravation of a preexisting back condition. It was alleged that the accidental injury occurred on January 26, 1974.

The arbitrator found that Long had failed to prove that he sustained an accidental injury arising out...

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