Uphoff v. Industrial Board
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
In August, 1913, the plaintiff in error, Frank Uphoff, employed the defendant in error B. C. Bruner to help build a broom-corn shed on Uphoff’s farm near Mattoon, Illinois. While Bruner was working on this structure a piece of metal flew from the hammer he was using and struck his eye, destroying its sight. He filed a petition with the Industrial Board of Illinois asking that damages be awarded him for the loss of his eye under the Workmen’s Compensation law of 1913. The arbitration committee appointed by the Industrial Board under that act awarded him $1442 for his injury, and this award was…
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