Browne v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County affirming a dismissal of the employee’s claim by the Industrial Commission.

The claimant was walking to the plant of her employer just prior to her shift which began at seven o’clock in the morning. It was snowing and the streets were icy and slippery. The employer maintained a parking lot just to the west of its plant which was separated from the public sidewalk by a fence. Entrance to the parking lot was by a driveway across the sidewalk, which driveway was a short distance west of the plant entrance. When claimant reached…