Thompson v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner, Christine Thompson, filed an application for adjustment of claim seeking workers’ compensation benefits and naming her employer, Caterpillar Tractor Company, as respondent. She alleged that she suffered a back injury while in the course of her employment. An arbitrator found that Thompson had failed to prove that she sustained accidental injuries arising out of and in the course of her employment and denied her claim for compensation.

Thompson then sought review before the Industrial Commission. In its decision of November 24, 1982, the Commission adopted the arbitrator’s findings…