Zelkovich v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiff in error, John Stanich, was awarded compensation by an arbitrator, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and the award was sustained by the Industrial Commission. The circuit court of Cook County set it aside, and the cause is here on writ of error by leave of this court.

Stanich was employed as a janitor by Peter Zelkovich, who owned and operated a combination restaurant, tavern and liquor store. Stanich testified that June 14, 1952, about eight o’clock in the morning, he fell and struck the lower part of his back on the basement steps as he was carrying empty beer cases down the…