Swift & Co. v. Industrial Commission

Harry P. Paul, Jr., an employee of Swift and Company was awarded workmen’s compensation of 15 weeks temporary total incapacity for work, the Industrial Commission finding that he had sustained an injury to his back on October 2, 1964. The decision was affirmed by the circuit court of Ogle County, and the company has taken a further appeal to this court. It is contended that the finding is against the manifest weight of the evidence and that certain medical testimony admitted on behalf of claimant was erroneous and prejudicial.

According to the claimant’s testimony he was working in a cooler on…