Grant Contracting Co. v. Murphy

This case presents a consolidation, to be heard as one cause, of appeals from four orders entered by the circuit court of Cook county affirming decisions of the board of review of the Department of Labor awarding compensation benefits to claimants, Allison, Murphy, Metzger, Largent, Cluney, Smith and Mattern.

Each of the claimants had filed claims with the Department of Labor, pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Unemployment Compensation Act, for benefits based on their emplo)mient by appellant. The Deputy Claims Administrator denied their claims on the ground that they came within "the…