Smith's Transfer Corp. v. Industrial Commission

This is an action under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) brought by a widow to recover benefits for the death of her husband. The arbitrator, in a decision adopted by the Commission, awarded compensation, and the circuit court of Cook County confirmed the award. The cause is brought to this court under Rule 302(a) (58 Ill. 2d R. 302(a)).

The employee in question, Ray F. Shamblin, was a dispatcher with the respondent company, Smith’s Transfer Corporation, in Chicago. He worked the midnight shift, requiring that he work from midnight to…