CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. v. INDUS. COMM'N

No. 67183.

129 Ill.2d 52 (1989)

541 N.E.2d 665

CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Thomas Price, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Fahey, of Peoria, for appellant.

Stephens, Schlicksup & Associates, P.C., of Peoria (Gordon M. Fiddes, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgments reversed; award set aside.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, Thomas Price, was injured when he stepped off a curb onto the blacktop driveway in front of his place of employment. An arbitrator denied his claim for compensation, finding that he had failed to prove that the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment. The Industrial Commission reversed, and the circuit court confirmed the decision of the Industrial...

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