Farace v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from a decision of the circuit court of Cook County which sustained the findings of the arbitrator and the Industrial Commission holding that petitioner, appellant herein, had failed to establish a compensable claim for permanent total disability under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

Appellant was employed by Grunwald Plating Company, appellee, as a laborer during the periods from 1931 to 1942 and from 1951 to May 29, 1963. His duties involved unusually heavy lifting without the aid of mechanical devices. Acid fumes often circulated about the room in which…