Middlestadt v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

Petitioner, Paul J. Middlestadt, seeks review of the Industrial Commission’s denial of his request for additional temporary total disability benefits and permanent partial disability benefits pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Middlestadt was injured in industrial accidents occurring in 1976 and in 1980. In 1985, he was awarded temporary total disability benefits and permanent partial disability benefits. Middlestadt subsequently underwent two operations (one in 1987 and one in 1990) that were necessitated by the industrial accidents. In 1991,…