FORD MOTOR CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 51492.

78 Ill.2d 260 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 1280

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellee, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (D.D. Kennedy, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baskin & Baskin, of Chicago (Richard W. Baum, of counsel), for appellant.

William P. Landon, of Chicago for appellee.


Judgment reversed; award reinstated.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, D.D. Kennedy, filed for workmen's compensation benefits after he sustained injuries as a result of a physical encounter with a coemployee. An arbitrator found that the claimant had failed to prove that such injuries arose out of and in the course of claimant's employment. The Industrial Commission set aside the decision of the arbitrator and held that Ford...

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