Frontier Ford, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

An arbitrator for the Industrial Commission awarded 31 5/7ths weeks of temporary total disability benefits to the claimant, Blan T. Childress, for injuries sustained in a fall on the premises of his employer, Frontier Ford, Incorporated. The award was affirmed by the Industrial Commission on review and by the circuit court of Winnebago County on certiorari. The employer appeals, contending that the award is contrary to law and against the manifest weight of the evidence.

At the time of his alleged injury on December 30, 1969, the claimant was employed by Frontier Ford to clean new vehicles in…