R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Industrial Commission

The petitioner, Kenneth Volz, filed a claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injury he sustained while an employee of the respondent, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (the company). The sole issue on appeal is whether the Industrial Commission (the Commission) improperly found that the petitioner’s injury arose out of and in the course of the petitioner’s employment with the company.

The arbitrator found that the injury arose out of and in the course of the petitioner’s employment. The arbitrator then awarded the petitioner…