Owens-Illinois Glass Co. v. Industrial Commission

At issue in this Workmen’s Compensation Act case is an arbitrator’s award for permanent loss of use of 10% of each of claimant’s arms and left leg. This award was affirmed by the Industrial Commission and the circuit court of Cook County. While conceding that some temporary disability existed, the employer urges that the finding as to permanent loss of a fraction of the use of the arms and leg is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

Claimant Charles Booth had been employed by respondent some 10 or 11 years, and was working on April 27, 1964, as a “tow motor” driver and starch…