County of Cook v. Industrial Commission

The body of Helen Florcek, a matron at the Cook County jail, was found in her apartment with three gunshot wounds, two in the abdomen and one in the head. The shots were fired at close range from her own service revolver, which was found under her body.

Approximately eight months prior to her death, Mrs. Florcek, while at work at the jail, slipped and fell, breaking her right arm. When the cast was removed several months later, her radial nerve was found to be injured, causing partial paralysis of her arm, hand, index finger, and thumb.

Stanley Florcek, the decedent’s husband, filed a claim…