County of Cook v. Industrial Commission

The circuit court of Cook County affirmed an award of workmen’s compensation to Estelle Klick against the county of Cook. The county appeals.

The claimant was a cleaning woman at the criminal courts building in Chicago. Her hours were from 2:3o P.M. to 9:00 P.M. On October 9, 1961, about 6 o’clock in the evening she went into the bailiff’s room to get some keys from a fellow custodial worker. According to her testimony she slipped on the wet floor and fell against a desk, striking its top with the left side of her head and body. She testified she was momentarily dazed and when she “came to”…