McManus v. Lindberg

This matter comes up on certiorari from the Industrial Commission, hereinafter called the commission, questioning an award made by it on the 26th of June, 1935. The situation presented by the record in this case is a peculiar one. E. J. McManus, hereinafter called petitioner, received an injury during the course of and arising out of his employment on August 15, 1932. The accident which produced the injury was the breaking of a board upon which petitioner and several fellow workmen were standing while attempting to hoist a 700-pound steel shaft into position, which caused the shaft to fall so…