Yost v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Ann Yost, filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.), seeking compensation from her employer, Bekins Van Lines. The arbitrator found that the claimant’s accident of November 5, 1975, did not arise out of and in the course of her employment. The Industrial Commission affirmed, and the circuit court of Cook County confirmed the Commission’s decision. Here, the claimant contends that her injury, sustained during an authorized coffee break, must be held, as a matter of law, to have arisen out of…