Greenberg v. Industrial Commission

The disputed issue in this case is whether the claimant, Floyd Summers, was an employee or an independent contractor at the time he was injured.

On October 28, 1958, Summers was installing windows when he fell from a ladder and injured himself. After a hearing on his application for adjustment of claim, an arbitrator of the Industrial Commission found that he was an employee and awarded him compensation for medical and hospital services and for temporary total disability. On review, the commission sustained the decision and award of the arbitrator. The circuit court of Cook County set aside…