WALTER DONOVAN, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant, a guard employed by the Secretary of State and State Treasurer, slipped on steps of the Capitol Building, fracturing his right arm. The court found the accident arose out of and in the course of employment under the Workmen's Compensation Act and awarded $93.50 for medical expenses and claimant's costs.
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Headnotes
- GEORGE F. BARRETT, Attorney General; ROBERT V. OSTROM, Assistant Attorney General, f o r respondent. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION Am-when award for compensation justifiable under. Where employee sustains accidental injuries, arising out of, and i n the course of his employment, while engaged in extra-hazardous employment, an award for compensation therefor, may be made upon compliance with the terms of the Act, in the amount as provided therein f o r such injuries. -
On January 18, 1936, the claimant, Walter Donovan, was employed as a guard on the joint payroll of the Secretary of [*300] State and the State Treasurer. While working on the night' shift, he slipped on the steps of the Capitol Building, fell, and broke his right arm at the wrist. X-rays were taken at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, and the arm was set by Dr. John J. Donovan. Claimant paid the hospital $8.50, and owes Dr. Donovan $85.00 for his services.
At the time of the injury, claimant and respondent were operating under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensa-tion`Act of this State; the accident arose out of and in the course of the employment; notice of the accident was given, and claim was made within the time provided in the Act.
Award is therefore made in favor of the claimant in the total sum of $93.50, payable as follows:
1. The sum of $85.00 for the use of Dr. John J. Donovan. 2. The sum of $8.50 to claimant.
This award being subject to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act Making an Appropriation to Pay Compen-sation Claims of State Employees and Providing for the Method of Payment Thereof," approved June 30, 1941, and being by the terms of such Act, subject to the approval of the Governor, is hereby, if and when approval is given, made payable from the appropriation from the General Revenue Fund in the manner provided for in such Act.