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A.O. SMITH CORP. v. INDUSTRIAL COM.

No. 61184.

109 Ill.2d 52 (1985)

485 N.E.2d 335

A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Peggy J. Smith, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Rogers, of Keefe & De Pauli, P.C., of Fairview Heights, for appellant.

Larry A. Calvo, of Calvo & Guzzardo, of Granite City, for appellee.

Stevenson, Rusin & Friedman, of Chicago (Douglas F. Stevenson, of counsel), for amici curiae Alliance of American Insurers, National Association of Independent Insurers and Illinois Manufacturers' Association.

Thomas D. Nyhan, J. Gerard Bambrick, Jr., and Harry E. Kinzie III, of Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, Ltd., of Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois State Chamber of Commerce and Illinois Self-Insurers Association.

Affirmed and remanded.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Based on the stipulation of the parties, an arbitrator for the Industrial Commission found that on October 29, 1971, while employed by respondent, A.O. Smith Corporation, Raymond Smith sustained accidental injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment. He became comatose and, without having regained consciousness, died on June 3, 1980. He left surviving his widow,...

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