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BENSON v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 55057.

91 Ill.2d 445 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 90

LILLIAN BENSON, Appellee, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (The Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Murray and Patricia J. Whitten, of Chicago (Reginald D. Taylor, of counsel), for appellant.

J. Michael Madda, of Chicago (Charles Wolff, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment reversed; order affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

At 1 p.m. on Monday, September 13, 1976, an ordinary workday, Jack Benson collapsed and fell to the floor while at work cleaning a disc with a steel brush and kerosene. Artificial resuscitation failed to revive him, and he died shortly after being taken to a hospital. No autopsy was performed, and the precise cause of his death remained...

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