[DOWNLOAD] "Butler Manufacturing Co. v. Ind. Com." by Supreme Court of Illinois ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Butler Manufacturing Co. v. Ind. Com.
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 04, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
Description
Richard Corbin filed a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries sustained to the upper back and left leg when he slipped and fell on a public sidewalk while on his way to work as a machinist at the Butler Manufacturing Company in Galesburg. The arbitrator found the injury compensable as arising out of and in the course of employment. The Industrial Commission affirmed the decision of the arbitrator but only as to Corbin's back injury. The circuit court of Knox County set aside the Commission's finding on the ground that the injury did not arise out of the claimant's employment. He brought a direct appeal to this court under Rule 302(a)(2). 73 Ill.2d R. 302(a)(2). There is no dispute as to the facts. Butler Manufacturing Company occupies approximately a one-square-block area. A two-lane street running north and south is adjacent to its east border. Immediately east is unimproved land which extends in a north-south direction for 1 1/2 blocks. At the south end is a parking lot provided by Butler for its employees. There is a sidewalk on the west side of the street but none on the east side at this location, and employees using the parking facility cross to the west side of the street and walk one block north to the only entrance to the plant. A chain-link fence running parallel to the sidewalk prevents one from entering the plant other than through the front gate.