SAMUEL WHITMORE, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant, a carpenter employed on the Dresden Island Lock and Dam, suffered an inguinal hernia on December 1, 1929, arising out of and in the course of employment. The court awarded $245.00 for eight weeks of disability at $15.00 per week and a $125.00 physician's bill under the Workmen's Compensation Act.

Claim type: Personal Injury Negligence

Statutes cited: Workmen's Compensation Act

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Headnotes

PERSONAL INJURY-when award will be made-Workmen's Compensation

PERSONAL INJURY-when award will be made-Workmen's Compensation Act. Where it appears that the injuries sustained arose out of and in the course of employment while claimant was working for the State in an extra hazardous enterprise, an award will be made under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act. JOHN P. MCDONALD, for claimant. OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; CARL I. DIETZ, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant was employed by the State as a carpenter on the Dresden Island Lock and Dam of the Illinois Waterway. On December 1, 1929, while engaged at his work he suffered a inguinal hernia which incapacitated him from work for eight weeks. The injury arose out of and in the course of his employment, and he is entitled to compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act at the rate of $15.00 per week for the eight weeks he was disabled. The evidence also shows he was required to incur a physician's bill of $125.00 in being cured of the injury. He is therefore awarded the sum of $245.00.