O'DETTE v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 52277.

79 Ill.2d 249 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 221

IRVING O'DETTE, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Sears, Roebuck & Company, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Lannon, Ltd., of Chicago (Raymond L. Lannon and Patricia C. Lannon, of counsel), for appellant.

Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago (Daniel P. Socha, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Irving O'Dette filed a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for the total loss of vision in his left eye, which he said was caused by an accident that arose out of and in the course of his employment by Sears, Roebuck & Company (Sears). An arbitrator's award for permanent and total disability was reversed by the Industrial...

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