Cinch Manufacturing Co. v. Industrial Commission

By this writ of error plaintiff in error seeks the reversal of a judgment of the superior court of Cook county, which confirmed an award of the Industrial Commission to defendant in error for the permanent and total loss of the use of his left arm, as the result of an accidental injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment by plaintiff in error.

Defendant in error, Edward J. Deeniham, when 9 years of age, lost his left hand and a portion of his forearm by amputation, leaving 4J2 to 5 inches of the forearm. This was, of course, a noncompensable accident. In 1941 he was employed…