Glessner v. Industrial Commission

While working as a domestic in the household of Herbert Glessner, Tesóla Siler sustained burns on her hands in the performance of her duties and was granted an award by the arbitrator which was affirmed by decision of the Commission but reversed on certiorari by order of the circuit court of Cook County, which held that she was not an “employee” within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, ch. 48, par. 138 et seq.

The sole issue is whether the Industrial Commission, upon the record before it, properly ruled that she was an employee within the meaning of the Act.…