Melvin v. First Methodist Church

Plaintiff appeals from an order granting summary judgment to defendant entered upon findings by the trial court that plaintiff’s injuries arose out of, and in the course of, his employment, that the parties were under and bound by the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, c 48, § 138, Ill Rev Stats 1965, and that plaintiff’s exclusive remedy was under such statute.

The complaint and defendant’s motion for summary judgment, based upon plaintiff’s answers to a discovery deposition, disclosed that plaintiff had been employed as church janitor for some two years and that while he had no…