W. T. McCORMACK, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant, a head carpenter, was injured when a scaffold board tipped, causing him to fall and fracture his heel and suffer other injuries. The court, following the Attorney General's recommendation, awarded him $1,725.00 in compensation.

Claim type: Personal Injury Negligence

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PERSONAL INJURY-when award will be made-Workmen's Compensation OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; FRANK R. EAGLE-

PERSONAL INJURY-when award will be made-Workmen's Compensation Act. Where claimant receives injuries arising out of and in the course of employment while working as a carpenter for the State, an award will be made under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act. JOHN H. SEARING, for claimant. OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; FRANK R. EAGLETON, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE CLARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant was employed as head carpenter for the Southern Illinois Normal University. On or about the 25th day of February while employed in painting and redecorating and tearing out certain cabinets in the chemical room and working on a scaffold of about ten feet in height, a workman assisting him stepped off of one of the boards permitting the claimant on the other end of the board to fall to the floor and fractured the heel bone of his left foot, wrenched both of his wrists and wrenched his back and caused a contusion of the back part of his head.

The Attorney General comes and defends and recommends that if this court finds the claimant operated under the Workmen's Compensation Act that claimant be allowed a compensation of $1,725.00.

Therefore, it is recommended that claimant be awarded the sum of $1,725.00.