Irving v. Industrial Commission

This is a direct appeal under our Rule 302(a) (50 Ill.2d R.302(a)) by the respondent, Robert Lavin & Sons, Inc., from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered on August 1, 1973, which set aside a decision of the Industrial Commission and reinstated the arbitrator’s award in favor of James Irving, the claimant.

James Irving was employed as a maintenance man for Robert Lavin & Sons, a brass- and aluminum-manufacturing company, when he allegedly injured his back on December 31, 1969. He was removing boards from a scrap bin when he experienced pain in the back which radiated down the…