WILLIAMS v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 53615.

85 Ill.2d 117 (1981)

421 N.E.2d 193

EVA C. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Freeman United Coal Company, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Livingston, Barger, Brandt, Slater & Schroeder, of Bloomington (Ralph Schroeder, of counsel), for appellant.

Henry D. Noetzel & Associates, Ltd., of Peoria (Henry D. Noetzel, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

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

An arbitrator for the Industrial Commission found that Eva C. Williams, widow of Roy Stephen Williams, had failed to prove a causal connection between the death of the decedent and an alleged exposure to the hazards of an occupational disease in the course of his employment by respondent, Freeman United Coal Company, and denied her claim for compensation sought under the provisions...

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