County of Cook v. Industrial Commission

I would affirm the award of the Industrial Commission.

Dr. Savitt, in response to a hypothetical question, was asked “whether or not there might be a causal connection between either the lifting [of the 35-pound tract books] or the getting up from the desk and the pushing of the chair out from under the desk in the semi-stooped position” and the claimant’s accident. The doctor responded, “I think there might be a connection.” There was no objection to this testimony.

The majority, in treating this testimony, states: “In response to this multiple question, including the either/or disjunctive…