Help at Home v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

The claimant, Patty Lackscheide, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2006)), seeking benefits for injuries she allegedly received while in the employ of Help At Home (Help). Following a hearing held pursuant to section 19(b) of the Act (820 ILCS 305/19(b) (West 2008)), an arbitrator found that the claimant sustained injuries to her low back and right shoulder arising out of and in the course of her employment with Help on December 14, 2007. The arbitrator awarded the claimant 53h weeks of temporary total…