Coontz v. Industrial Commission

The sole issue in this cause is whether defendant in error, Stanley Allen, who was injured at the McLeansboro Nursing Home on May 5, 1957, was an employee of the home within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 48, pars. 138.1-138.28) or an independent contractor. Both an arbitrator and the Industrial Commission found that an employer-employee relation existed and awarded Allen benefits in the amount of $37 Per week for 22J7 weeks of temporary disability, the order of the commission concluding with a finding that the award would not bar further…