Guardian Electric Manufacturing Co. v. Industrial Commission

This appeal is taken from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County confirming the decisions of the arbitrator and Industrial Commission which granted compensation to claimant Dolores Szerkins, the widow of Richard Szerkins. Deceased was employed by Guardian Electric Manufacturing Company (hereinafter Guardian) at the time of his death. Guardian contends that it has been denied its “constitutional rights to due process and equal protection” in that the award is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence, and that the Commission abused its discretion by failing to specifically state…