Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner, Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Cass County confirming an award of workers’ compensation benefits by the Industrial Commission to respondent, Ella Wells. Petitioner contends that respondent’s accident when she was struck by an automobile did not arise out of her employment and so was not compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, eh. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.). We affirm.

Respondent was employed by petitioner. She was one of approximately 100 employees who left work at 3:30 p.m., and it took at least 25 minutes…