Consumers Co. v. Industrial Commission

This writ of error was allowed to review a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county which set aside an award of the Industrial Commission in favor of the plaintiff in error for the death of her husband.

The deceased, Tony Corrello, was employed by the defendant in error as a chauffeur and had been in its employ for approximately twenty years. He was married and had one child — a boy seven years of age. Shortly after 6:00 o’clock in the evening of January 21, 1933, a damaged truck was towed into defendant in error’s coal yard, with Corrello at the wheel. It was loaded with coal and was…