Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Industrial Commission

83 Ill.2d 213 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 740

CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO., Appellee,

v.

THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Clara D. Johnson, Appellant).

No. 53061.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 19, 1980.

Harvey & Stuckel, of Peoria (David W. Stuckel, of counsel), for appellant.

Robert F. Fahey, of Peoria, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Claimant, Clara D. Johnson, filed an application for an award under the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries she allegedly received bending to lift a part from a tub while employed with Caterpillar Tractor…