Peabody Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Roy E. Darnell, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries allegedly stemming from an accident on January 13, 1986, while in the employ of Peabody Coal Company (Peabody). The arbitrator awarded claimant compensation for temporary total disability for a period of 60B/7 weeks and 60% permanent loss of the use of his left arm. On appeal, the Industrial Commission (Commission) modified the award of temporary total disability to a period of 386h weeks. The circuit court of…