Industrial Commission v. McKenna

The Moraine Mining Company and State Compensation Insurance Fund prosecute a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the district court of Lake county in favor of the widow and surviving children of Charles A. Mc-Kenna, deceased. The court set aside an award of the Industrial Commission denying compensation to them with instructions that the commission enter an award granting compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The parties will be herein designated as the deceased, the claimants, the employer, and the insurer.

Deceased was employed as a mucker in the…