Thornton v. Herman

A trial with a jury in the superior court of Cook county resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $10,000. On defendant’s appeal to the Appellate Court the judgment was affirmed. [311 Ill. App. 513.] Leave to appeal to this court was granted:

There is but one question presented and the facts necessary to be considered in disposing of that question have been stipulated. Plaintiff’s intestate, William Pendley Thornton, was an employee of Cassity-Richards, Inc., and while engaged in the line of his employment he received injuries which caused his death. The employment being subject to…