Schultheis v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner, Roger Schultheis, filed a claim for workers’ compensation for injuries he sustained during an assault. An arbitrator for the Industrial Commission found that the petitioner failed to prove that the injuries he had received arose out of and in the course of his employment and denied petitioner’s claim. On review the Industrial Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s decision, and the circuit court of Lake County confirmed the decision of the Industrial Commission. The claimant has appealed directly to this court (73 Ill. 2d R. 302(a)(2)), asserting that the Commission’s decision is…