Jewel Tea Co. v. Industrial Commission

This court has allowed the petition for writ of error filed by the claimant, Kenneth Lejman, to review a judgment of the superior court of Cook County, which set aside the workmen’s compensation award entered by the Industrial Commission against claimant’s employer, Jewel Tea Company, Inc., hereinafter referred to as defendant.

The sole issue is whether claimant’s accidental injuries, sustained while playing baseball with a team of company employees, in an intra-company league competition, after working hours and off company premises, arose out of and in the course of his employment under the…