American Freight Forwarding Corp. v. Industrial Commission

delivered the, opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court of Cook County setting aside the decision of the Industrial Commission confirming an award made by an arbitrator to the petitioner Donald De Haan. The appeal comes directly to this court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 28 — 1.

The petitioner was employed on January 9, 1962, as a dock hand for the respondent American Freight Forwarding Corp. His work involved the loading and unloading of trucks on a dock in Chicago. The dock was approximately 200 feet long and 50 feet wide, running east and west and…