Ford Motor Co. v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal under our Rule 302(a) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110A, par. 302(a), 58 Ill.2d R. 302(a)) by the employer-respondent, Ford Motor Company (Ford), from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County, which affirmed a decision of the Industrial Commission that the employee-claimant, James E. Demis, had established his claim of temporary total disability under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 138.8(b)).

The claimant, an employee of Ford since September of 1962, was working as a material handler in December, 1971. Some time earlier (in March of…