Gray v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Theodore A. Gray, filed a claim with the Industrial Commission under the Workmen’s Occupational Diseases Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.), on November 10, 1971, alleging disablement resulting from an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment by respondent, Electrocast Steel Foundry Co., Inc. An arbitrator for the Commission denied compensation. The Commission, after hearing additional evidence, affirmed and the circuit court confirmed this decision. Claimant appeals.

At the hearing before the arbitrator, claimant testified on…