Meadows v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant Henry Meadows filed an application for adjustment of claim with the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) under the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (Diseases Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.) based on disablement due to a breathing impairment resulting from inhaling coal and rock dust as an employee of respondent Freeman United Coal Mining Company. The arbitrator found claimant was entitled to receive $293.61 per week for 75 weeks for permanent partial disability to the extent of 15% of the…