LEE v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 77402.

656 N.E.2d 1084 (1995)

167 Ill.2d 77

212 Ill.Dec. 250

Lucious LEE, Appellant, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Riley, Chicago, for appellant.

Gregory E. Ahern, Kane, Doy & Harrington, Ltd., Chicago, for appellees.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents the question of whether an off-duty employee may recover Workers' Compensation Act benefits for injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile as he departed from an employer-approved medical clinic at which he received medical treatment for a prior work-related injury.

Background

The claimant, Lucious Lee, was employed as a laborer by the respondent, Tootsie Roll Industries...

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