Riley v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

An arbitrator found that the injuries sustained by the petitioner, Thomas Riley, did not arise out of and in the course of his employment with the respondent, Joseph D. Foreman Company. The Industrial Commission (Commission) affirmed the arbitrator’s decision, and the circuit court confirmed the Commission’s decision. The petitioner appeals.

At the hearing before the arbitrator, the petitioner testified that on January 19, 1984, he was working for the respondent selling water and sewer materials. That morning he called on some of his…