General Steel Industries v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Madison County which confirmed the decision of the Industrial Commission affirming an award of the arbitrator. The arbitrator had awarded the claimant $58 per week from February 1, 1967, until $15,000 would have been paid and thereafter a pension of $150 per month for life under the provisions of the Workmen’s Occupational Diseases Act. Ill.Rev.Stat. 1965, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.

The claimant started working for General Steel Industries at the age of 23 as a laborer. A year or so later he was transferred to the foundry division and worked there…