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VESTAL v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 52915.

84 Ill.2d 469 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 897

JEROME VESTAL, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Garofalo's Finer Foods, Inc., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 31, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohn, Lambert & Ryan, Ltd., and Edward R. Youhas, of Chicago (Pamela Karoff Kesler, of counsel), for appellant.

Terrance J. Van Driska and Mark A. Potter, of Chicago, for appellee.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part; award reinstated.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Jerome Vestal, who was employed by Garofalo's Finer Foods, said he experienced a pain in the groin area on December 17, 1976, while he was carrying a box of meat, and in June 1977 he filed a claim for benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.). On September 23, 1977, an arbitrator awarded...

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