A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE WEBBER,

dissenting:

Although I am always acutely aware of the deference which must be given to factual findings of the Commission, especially in circumstantial cases, I cannot accede to its determination in this case and therefore respectfully dissent from the holding of the principal opinion.

About the only clear fact in this record is the fortuitous occurrence that the injury happened on the employer’s premises, but, given the nature of the injury, that is not enough. Whatever it was which struck claimant’s eye had an unknown etiology. Witt’s testimony that there was always…