Jones v. Industrial Commission

Dale Jones, petitioner, sought workmen’s compensation for an injury to his left eye. The arbitrator found that petitioner’s injury resulted from an assault and not from an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. The Industrial Commission affirmed, and the circuit court of Peoria County confirmed the Commission’s decision. Here petitioner contends the finding that an assault occurred is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Respondent, Hiram Walker and Sons, Inc., employed petitioner as a power truck driver on its loading dock. On June 28, 1978, petitioner…