INTERLAKE, INC. v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 57819.

99 Ill.2d 69 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 415

INTERLAKE, INC., Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Willie B. Allen, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Ulrich, of Chicago (Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, of counsel), for appellant.

Discipio, Martay, Caruso & Simard, of Chicago (Francis M. Discipio, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This worker's compensation case arose on May 13, 1975, when claimant, Willie Allen, an employee of respondent, Interlake, Inc., fell into an 18-inch recessed area in the factory floor. As he fell, his back struck a machine part, and he immediately felt low back pain. He saw the company physician, who advised him to consult his family doctor. His family doctor treated him with pain and...

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