Belden Hotel Co. v. Industrial Commission

In this workmen’s compensation case, the arbitrator denied compensation for the death of Leon Sluk, finding that an employer-employee relationship had not been proved. On review of the record, the Industrial Commission found that decedent was an employee, and further that his death arose in the course of his employment, and made an award. This was reversed by the circuit court of Cook County with no statement of specific findings. Two issues are presented here: whether an employer-employee relationship existed, and if so, whether Sluk’s death arose out of and in the course of his employment.

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