Fefferman v. Industrial Commission

The Industrial Commission affirmed an arbitrator’s award of workmen’s compensation to the claimant, Otha Butts, for injuries sustained while employed in the dismantling of a building beneficially owned by the late Manuel Fefferman, his wife Etta, and daughter Elaine. The circuit court of Cook County set aside the decision of the Commission, and Butts appealed under our Rule 302(a) (58 Ill. 2d R. 302(a)).

The parties agree that the basic issue is whether the owners (Feffermans) of a building are liable to pay workmen’s compensation to the injured employee (Butts) of an uninsured contractor…