Illinois Consolidated Telephone Co. v. Industrial Commission

JUSTICE RAKOWSKI,

specially concurring:

I concur with my colleagues that the Commission’s decision that claimant’s injury arose out of her employment is not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Because claimant was wearing high heels, some of the stair treads were worn, hand rails were not provided where claimant fell, and the stairs were slippery, the Commission could properly conclude that claimant was exposed to a risk of injury greater than that to which the general public is exposed.

I write separately in an attempt to clarify the case law regarding falls in the work place and to…