Ferguson & Lange Foundries, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

Frank Lavell, a core maker, made a claim for compensation from his employer, the Ferguson & Lange Foundries, Inc., for disablement claimed to have been caused by silicosis to which he was last exposed while in such employment. The insurance carrier, the Founders Mutual Casualty Company, was also made a party to the proceeding. The arbitrator and the Industrial Commission allowed compensation, and based it on the difference in wages of $42 per week earned while in such employ and wages of $17 per week received as a clerk in a grocery store after leaving the foundry. The circuit court of Cook…