Zukas v. Appleton Manufacturing Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. C. F. Irwin,-Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
Defendant in error was injured while employed in the foundry of the plaintiff in error. In October, 1913, on trial before a jury in the circuit court of Kane county, a judgment was recovered against plaintiff in error, which, on appeal to the Appellate Court for the Second District, was affirmed. The case was brought to this court on petition for certiorari.
The declaration based the right of recovery on the common law and not on statutory grounds. It is insisted by plaintiff in error that on the facts in this case recovery could only be had under the Workmen’s Compensation act,…
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