Bradway v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimants, Henry V. Bradway and Raymond J. Steffens, suffered accidental injuries when a barrel on the premises of Pierce Glass Company exploded as one of the claimants sought to make a weld with a torch. The claimants were in the process of constructing a pontoon boat as a personal project. The arbitrator found that the injuries did not arise out of and in the course of employment. The Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s decision, and the circuit court confirmed the Commission’s decision. Claimants appeal, contending that the…