Wells Bros. v. Industrial Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
This cause comes to this court on a writ of error sued out by plaintiff in error to review the judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, that court having certified that the case was one proper to be reviewed here.
On July 24, 1916, while Luke Hallerin was working for the Wells Bros.. Company in a well or caisson at Kinzie and Dearborn streets, in Chicago, about ninety feet below the surface, there was an explosion of gas in the caisson, whereby Hallerin’s head, neck, arms, hands and face were burned. His nose was scarred on both sides and its size diminished at the end, and his upper and…
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- American Milling Co v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
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