Flynn v. Industrial Commission

Docket No. 96884–Agenda 9–March 2004.

LARRY FLYNN, Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Utica Township, Appellee).

Opinion filed June 17, 2004.

The sole issue in this case is the amount an employer is obligated to compensate an injured employee under the Workers’ Compensation Act (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1996)). The resolution of this question requires this court to construe the phrase “working concurrently with two or more employers” in the context of workers in seasonal industries.

BACKGROUND

The pertinent facts are undisputed. Larry Flynn (claimant) drove asphalt trucks for the…