McCartin v. Industrial Commission

This is a workman’s compensation case. Leo Thomas Kopp, a resident of Illinois, was an employee of E. E. McCartin, an Illinois resident. Pursuant to a contract made in Illinois, Kopp agreed to work as a bricklayer on a building job in Beloit, Wisconsin, the job lasting about ten months, during which time Kopp drove back and forth between his home in Rockford, Illinois, and the building job in Beloit, Wisconsin. On May 5, 1943, while so employed on the Beloit job, Kopp suffered an injury to his left eye, resulting in a traumatic cataract. Both employer and employee were subject to the…