United States Steel Corp. v. Industrial Commission

Harry Tillman filed claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for an alleged injury suffered in the course of his employment by United States Steel Corporation. An award for permanent total disability was confirmed by the circuit court of Cook County. Upon petition of the employer we granted a writ of error for further review.

Tillman, a laborer about 60 years old, had been employed for 18 years in petitioner’s steel plant. He had been troubled with arthritis for several years. On July 4,

1951, he entered a hospital, where he remained for two weeks of diagnostic treatment under the care of Dr.…