American Steel & Wire Co. of New Jersey v. Industrial Commission

The American Steel and Wire Company, hereinafter referred to as the employer, filed a petition for writ of error with this court seeking to review an order of the circuit court of Will County affirming an award of the Industrial Commission awarding the parents of Robert Simons, a deceased employee, compensation for partial dependency upon him to the extent of 30 per cent.

From the record it appears that on June 4, 1949, Robert Simons was found dead in the Joliet plant of the employer. Death was apparently due to electrocution. His parents hied an application for adjustment of claim alleging…