ANN E. COCHRAN, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant, widow of Fowler I. Cochran, sought compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act for her husband's death from injuries sustained when his jacket caught in machinery at the Joliet penitentiary. The court awarded $3,750.00.

Claim type: Wrongful Death

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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's intestate received injuries in course of employment while working for the State in an extra hazardous employment, an award will be made under the Workmen's Compensation Act. BARR & BARR, for claimant. OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; FRANK R. EAGLETON, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant is the wife of Fowler I. Cochran, who was employed by the State of Illinois in the capacity of a machine [*599] shop foreman in the State Penitentiary at Joliet and so engaged on the 14th day of February, A. D. 1930, the jacket he was wearing became accidently caught in a set screw on one of the machines in said shop, and he was dragged thereby into such machinery, thereby receiving serious injuries to his face, head and body and as a result of which he afterwards on November 20, A. D. 1930 died.

The work he was so doing is hazardous and comes within the Workmen's Compensation Act. The claimant is entitled under the Workmen's Compensation Act to the sum of $3,750.00.

We therefore award the claimant the sum of Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty ($3,750.00) Dollars.