Hayden v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner, John Hayden, sought worker’s compensation for lower back and left arm injuries sustained in the course of employment with respondent, Track Service, Inc. An arbitrator awarded petitioner medical benefits and $513.33 per week for a period of 40/v weeks as temporary total disability. The arbitrator found that petitioner was not temporarily and totally disabled after May 30, 1988, when it became clear that he was unwilling to cooperate with rehabilitation efforts. The Industrial Commission (Commission) upheld that finding and the circuit court of Cook County confirmed the…