County of Cook v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal by the County of Cook from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County affirming a decision of the Industrial Commission. That decision confirmed the arbitrator’s finding that the claimant, Henry Leslie, contracted pulmonary tuberculosis as a result of his employment at Cook County Hospital, thus entitling him to compensation under the Workmen’s Occupational Diseases Act.

The facts are undisputed. The claimant was employed as a pathologist’s assistant in the autopsy room of Cook County Hospital for about 15 years prior to January 15, 1968, and was also employed during the…