Boston v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

George R. Mellor, Sr., claimed compensation for accidental injury to his left testicle and consequent loss of the reproductive use of both testicles, resulting from trauma incurred while driving a dump truck over rough roads as an employee of Wayne K. Boston. The arbitrator awarded six weeks’ temporary total disability, medical expenses and compensation for the total loss of use of the left testicle. Both the claimant and the employer appealed to the Industrial Commission. The Commission affirmed the decision of the arbitrator as…