Pheoll Manufacturing Co. v. Industrial Commission

The issues in this appeal are whether the decision of the Industrial Commission was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence and whether the circuit court of Cook County erred when it reversed that decision, which had affirmed an award made by the arbitrator, but which gave a credit to the employer pursuant to section 8(j) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 48, par. 138.8 (j).

The petitioner, Barbara A. Pointer, was the only witness on her behalf at the hearing on her claim. She testified that she had worked steadily for her employer for four years as a sorter…