Merriman v. Industrial Com.

WILLIAM H. FITCH, a filling station attendant, filed with the Industrial Commission a claim for workmen's compensation benefits against his employer and the latter's insurer, plaintiffs in error, hereinafter designated as respondents, for injuries sustained by him in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. The injuries allegedly occurred when he slipped upon a grease spot and fell upon the cement pavement.

The Commission found:

"That the claimant sustained an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment on May 1, 1948, when on that day he slipped and fell…