Bryant v. Industrial Commission

I respectfully dissent. The Commission’s decision in favor of the claimant is supported by the evidence. It is axiomatic that, due to its expertise in the area of workers’ compensation, the Commission’s findings as to the nature and extent of permanent disability are given substantial deference. (Grischow v. Industrial Comm’n (1992), 228 Ill. App. 3d 551.) It is not a reviewing court’s province to substitute its judgment for the Commission’s, merely because it might have made a different finding. Grischow, 228 Ill. App. 3d at 559.

The majority’s opinion states that there is no evidence that…