Board of Education v. Industrial Commission

The circuit court of Cook county confirmed an order of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to Marie G. McDermott, widow, and Marie and Thomas McDermott, minor children of Thomas J. McDermott, deceased, for $16 per week for a period of 265 weeks and in addition thereto one week at $10, as provided for in paragraph (a) of section 7 of the Compensation act, and against the board of education of the city of Chicago, plaintiff in error. This court, on petition, allowed a writ of error for a review of the record.

Thomas J. McDermott at and previous to his death was in the employ of…