Chicago Home v. Industrial Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oE Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This writ of error is prosecuted by leave of court to review a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county confirming an award of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to Kate Budnick for loss of her left hand and for disfigurement of her face.
January 28, 1917, while in the employ of plaintiff in error as a laundress, Kate Budnick caught her left hand in a mangle and mashed it badly, necessitating the amputation of her fingers. She developed a state of tetanus, which involved the muscles of mastication. She was unable to open her mouth for several weeks. The active state of tetanus…
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