Armour & Co. v. Industrial Commission

Catherine Burke, the widow of James Burke, deceased, filed an application for adjustment of claim with the Industrial Commission of Illinois, alleging that deceased on April 19, 1924, while employed as a laborer in the curled hair department of Armour & Co., cut his finger and that septicaemia set in, causing his death on June 2, 1924. The hearing before the arbitrator resulted in the finding that deceased did not come to his death as the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. Upon review before the Industrial Commission additional evidence was introduced…