Alaniz v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Cesar Alaniz, suffered a hernia on June 10, 1977, arising out of and in the course of his employment as a maintenance repairman for respondent, Abex Corporation-Amsco Division. An Industrial Commission arbitrator awarded compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for temporary total incapacity, but concluded that claimant had failed to prove that his injury resulted in any permanent disability for which benefits were payable. That decision was affirmed by the Commission, and subsequently confirmed by the circuit court of Cook…