Swift & Co. v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Ogle County confirming the Industrial Commission’s affirmance of an arbitrator’s award. The arbitrator awarded compensation to the employee, Combs, for the loss of use of the left and right legs to the extent of 15 per cent and 5 per cent thereof, respectively, because of the injuries sustained.

The employer, Swift and Company, contends that the findings of the Industrial Commission are against the manifest weight of the evidence. It is also Swift’s position that Combs’s credibility was destroyed by impeachment.

On August 24, 1967, Combs…