Martin Young Enterprises, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

The employer, Martin Young Enterprises, Inc., has appealed from a judgment of the circuit court of Vermilion County which affirmed the Industrial Commission’s award granting Raul Zapata, its employee and the petitioner herein, permanent total disability, to be followed by a pension. The arbitrator had awarded 64 weeks total temporary incapacity, as well as 35% for permanent loss of use of the left leg and 25% for loss of the use of the right.

The employer contends that there was no evidence of the petitioner’s permanent disability other than subjective complaints; that the Commission’s award…