Wade v. Industrial Commission

This is a direct appeal under our Rule 302(a) (50 Ill.2d R. 302(a)) by the claimant, Tom Wade, from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County affirming a holding by the Industrial Commission which inter alia denied Wade’s claim for compensation under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 48, par. 138.8(d)) for a skull fracture resulting from surgery and for accompanying medical services.

An arbitrator of the Commission had found that Wade had sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of employment and had entered an award…