Lawrence Ice Cream Co. v. Industrial Commission

Charles J. Riley was employed by the plaintiff in error, the Lawrence Ice Cream Company, to drive a two-horse truck and deliver ice cream in the city of Chicago, making about thirty stops each day and making collections for ice cream delivered. On February 7, 1917, he stopped the truck near a sidewalk and stepped down from the wagon on a spoke of a wheel and slipped and fell backward to the sidewalk, causing bruises upon his legs and a bruise on his back. He continued his work for a few hours and afterward gave instructions to his helper, who delivered ice cream in his place, and he made some…