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BRANCH v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 56803.

95 Ill.2d 268 (1983)

447 N.E.2d 828

HAROLD BRANCH, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (General Telephone Company, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 25, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scheele, Serkland & Boyle, Ltd., of Chicago (Deborah H. Collander and James C. Serkland, of counsel), for appellant.

Henry D. Noetzel & Associates, Ltd., of Peoria (Henry D. Noetzel and Steven J. Hohmann, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 28, 1978, petitioner, Harold Branch, who was 44 years of age, was employed by respondent, General Telephone Company. On this date he unlocked and pulled open his employer's heavy metal door and removed his coat. He testified at the arbitration hearing on November 28, 1979, that a "hot poker" type pain hit him as he removed his coat. He also testified that he had a sharp pain which...

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