BEMIS COMPANY, INC. v. Industrial Com.

85 Ill.2d 291 (1981)

423 N.E.2d 896

BEMIS COMPANY, INC., Appellee,

v.

THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Danney F. Hougham, Appellant).

No. 53652.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 26, 1981.

F. Don Kelly, of Peoria, for appellant.

Davis & Morgan, of Peoria (Joseph P. Gilfillan, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Danney Hougham filed a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries to his left elbow after a fall while employed at Bemis Company, Inc., located in Peoria. After a hearing, an arbitrator awarded the claimant…