Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Corp. v. Industrial Commission

The superior court of Cook County affirmed an award of the Industrial Commission to the claimant, Mary Makowski, for a head injury alleged to have been sustained in the course of her employment by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation. A'Ve allowed the employer’s petition for writ of error.

The dispute between the parties is factual, and it falls within a narrow range. The claimant was an employee. She fell while she was at work and was taken to the plant medical center where she was treated by a company nurse and doctor. The doctor did not testify, but the nurse did. She…