Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery v. Industrial Commission

The employer, Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County upholding the Industrial Commission’s concurrence in an arbitrator’s award of compensation for the death of its employee, John D. Muth. The sole issue on review is whether the death, resulting from injuries sustained in an auto accident which occurred while the employee was returning home from the employer’s annual golf outing, arose out of and in the course of his employment under the terms of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The employer, a large public accounting firm, each year holds…