Buchino v. Industrial Commission

The Industrial Commission (Commission) denied compensation to claimant, Joseph Buchino, for injuries sustained in a car accident while returning from the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. The trial court set aside the decision of the Commission. On appeal, the employer, the City of Chicago (City) maintains that the trial court erred in finding claimant’s injury arose out of and in the course of his employment as a matter of law, and also that the trial court erred in reversing the decision of the Commission where that decision was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Claimant was an…