Boyer-Rosene Moving Service v. Industrial Commission

Mr.' Justice Schaefer

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the construction of section 8(d) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which was amended in 1965 to provide compensation for the removal of a lung. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 48, par. 138.8(d).

Gilbert Robinson, a long distance truck driver hauling furniture, was injured on September 20, 1965, in Little Rock, Arkansas, when a refrigerator he was loading onto his truck with a helper fell against his chest, pinning him against the side of the vehicle. At the time of the injury he was approximately 47 years of age, married,…