Rhodes v. St. Charles Manufacturing Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, St. Charles Manufacturing Company, appeals from a judgment for $1,064 entered in favor of plaintiff, Jimmie Rhodes, in a small claims action. Defendant contends that (1) a prior decision of an Industrial Commission arbitrator was res judicata, (2) the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) barred this action, and (3) the employee medical-benefit contract under which plaintiff brought this action does not cover medical costs arising out of plaintiff’s…