Marshall v. Industrial Commission

An arbitrator for the Industrial Commission found that the claimant, Helen Marshall, had not sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of her employment with the respondent, Federal Sign & Signal. The Commission heard additional evidence and affirmed. The circuit court of Cook County confirmed that decision. The claimant appeals on the ground that these determinations were contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. We affirm.

The claimant testified that during the afternoon of January 12, 1972, she bent down to pick up a box of supplies. Either as she bent down or…