Davis v. State

Claimant, Belle Davis, seeks to recover under the' Workmen’s Compensation Act as a result of an injury that arose out of and in the course of her employment as-an attendant at the Dixon State Hospital, Dixon, Illinois,, operated by the Department of Public Welfare.

Claimant went to work at 11 P.M. on December 31,. 1948, and at approximately 1:15 A.M. on January 1,1949,. she was attacked by a patient, who pushed her with such, force against a door that her left elbow was fractured at the distal end of the humerus. Claimant also was knocked down and sustained some rather severe contusions, all…