Board of Education v. Industrial Commission

Nelle M. Gullett was employed by the plaintiff in error as a school teacher and principal of one of its grade schools in the city of Mattoon, Illinois. She was injured by slipping and falling on an icy street while going to work in the morning of December 10, 1942. She filed an application for adjustment of claim and after a hearing the arbitrator" found that she had not sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of her employment and denied compensation.

Upon petition for review, the Industrial Commission set aside the decision of the arbitrator and awarded compensation for the sum…