Rockford Clutch Division v. Industrial Commission

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This is an appeal by the employer from a judgment of . the circuit court of Winnebago County which affirmed the Industrial Commission’s award of total and permanent disability compensation to the claimant, Walter Zabawa.

On February 14, 1961 the claimant suffered an injury when a stack of round iron plates on which he was working fell over on him. His back was injured as he attempted to hold them up. The record shows that for some time prior to his injury the claimant suffered from what is described in the record as “a cardiac condition,” and because of that condition had been assigned…