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COUNTY OF COOK v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 54654.

87 Ill.2d 204 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 865

THE COUNTY OF COOK, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Stanley Florcek, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey and Leonard N. Foster, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Carol Brzykcy, law student, of counsel), for appellant.

Jordan Teplitz, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The body of Helen Florcek, a matron at the Cook County jail, was found in her apartment with three gunshot wounds, two in the abdomen and one in the head. The shots were fired at close range from her own service revolver, which was found under her body.

Approximately eight months prior to her death, Mrs. Florcek, while at work at the jail, slipped and fell, breaking her right...

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