Hill v. General Metal Heat Treating, Inc.

The claimant-widow appeals from a summary judgment dismissal of her claim for workers’ compensation benefits for her husband’s death. Like the Industrial Commission, the trial court concluded that her husband did not sustain his fatal injuries in the course of and arising out of his employment. The widow argues that her husband’s death was causally related to his employment, or that it resulted from a special hazard incident to his employment. Presently controlling precedent rejects those contentions for these circumstances, so we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

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The parties submitted…