Manis v. Industrial Commission

The employer, Exclusively Expo, Inc., appeals the order of the circuit court which set aside the decision of the Industrial Commission (Commission) and reinstated the award of the arbitrator. The circuit court further ordered that a determination of whether claimant Joyce Manis should benefit from vocational rehabilitation be made by the Commission upon remand. We reverse.

The pertinent facts are as follows. Claimant, 48, began working for the employer in about August of 1987. Her duties consisted of getting on her knees and pulling vinyl from a large roll of vinyl, which weighed about 100…