Ajax Buff Co. v. Industrial Commission

This is a direct appeal under our Rule 302(a) (50 Ill.2d R. 302(a)) by the employer-respondent, Ajax Buff Company, from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County, which affirmed a decision of the Industrial Commission holding that the employee-claimant, James M. Simone, had established his claim of permanent disability under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 48, par. 138.8(f)).

After an arbitrator of the Commission had denied the claimant’s application for compensation, the Industrial Commission, on review, found that as a result of an accidental injury on May 22,…