City of Joliet v. Industrial Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dunn
The city of Joliet sued out this writ of error to review a decree of the circuit court of Will county; which dismissed a bill in chancery to review an award of the Industrial Commission allowing compensation for the death of Joseph Obrecht, an employee of the city, who died on Sunday, July 30, 1916, of heatstroke suffered on that day. The city’s contention is that the death does not appear to have been caused by an accident arising out of the deceased’s employment.
Obrecht was employed as an engineer at a pumping station, working eight hours a day, except on Sunday, when he worked twelve…
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