Johnson & Johnson v. Industrial Commission

This is a direct appeal, pursuant to Rule 28 — iA, from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County whereby an order of the Industrial Commission denying workmen’s compensation benefits to Barbara Sanders was reversed, and the award of an arbitrator reinstated. Permanent partial loss of use of the right leg was the chief basis for the award and, as the matter is presented to us, trauma and causal connection are not contested. Rather, the principal issue is whether the Commission’s finding that claimant failed to prove she had sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course…