Deere & Co. v. Industrial Commission

The appellant, Richard Osborn, filed a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for an alleged injury sustained in the course of his employment with the appellee, Deere and Company. An arbitrator’s award in favor of Osborn was affirmed by the Industrial Commission. On certiorari to the circuit court of Rock Island County the award was set aside. The court held that the award of compensation was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence since there was no evidence to support the claim of a work-connected injury; nor was there proper notice of the alleged accident to the employer, as…