Liquid Carbonic Co. v. Industrial Commission

This writ of error was awarded to review a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county which set aside an award of the Industrial Commission against the Liquid Carbonic Company in favor of the plaintiff in error, Jessie Savage, as compensation for the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused as the result of an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. Whether his death was so caused is the question in the case.

James Savage was fifty years old and apparently in good health, was never ill and never saw a doctor. He had been working for the defendant in…