Airborne Express, Inc. v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

Airborne Express, Inc. (Airborne), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which confirmed a decision of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission) awarding benefits to Ron Bronke (claimant) under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2000)). For the reasons that follow, we reverse that portion of the circuit court’s order which confirmed the Commission’s calculation of the claimant’s average weekly wage and the weekly temporary total disability (TTD) and maintenance benefits to which he is entitled.

The claimant filed three…