Humphrey v. Industrial Commission

The claimant, Ferd Humphrey, was injured late in the evening in a single-vehicle accident after leaving the construction site where he was employed by the respondent, Contracting 8c Material Co. Both an arbitrator and the Industrial Commission found in favor of the respondent, and the circuit court of Cook County confirmed the decision. The only issue is whether the Commission’s decision that the claimant’s injury had not arisen out of and in the course of his employment by respondent was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. We think it was not. The facts are not in dispute, but…