Fernandez v. Industrial Commission

The question presented is whether the petitioner, Georgina Fernandez, has established that she is suffering from an “occupational disease” as that term is defined in section 1(d) of the Workmen’s Occupational Diseases Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 48, par. 172.36(d)) (the Act). Every tribunal which has heard her case has concluded that she has not. We agree; we affirm.

The petitioner had been employed by the respondent, Zenith Radio Corporation, for a total of 17 years, though apparently not continuously. For at least the four years prior to the onset of the symptoms from which this cause…