Bell & Gossett Co. v. Industrial Commission

The employer, Bell and Gossett Co., appealed from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which confirmed the Industrial Commission’s award granting the petitioner, Gilbert H. Giambi, its employee, an award of $66 per week for 25 and l/7th weeks of temporary total incapacity for work, the sum of $60 per week for a further period of 90 weeks for 45% loss of use of the left leg, and $2,969.60 for medical care. The Commission had sustained the decision of the arbitrator and ordered it to stand as its decision.

The employer contends that Giambi’s disability is not attributable to a specific…