Legowik v. MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, County of Cascade, affirming a decision of the Industrial Accident Board. The appeal is limited to the lump-sum payment of the award and does not contest the Board’s determination that claimant was and is totally and permanently disabled.

Claimant Matthew P. Legowik was a thirty year employee of Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., an Illinois corporation, defendant herein. Montgomery Ward is a self-insurer under Plan I of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Claimant’s initial injury occurred during the course of his…