Hamilton v. Industrial Commission

Terry Hamilton appeals the decision of the appellate court’s Industrial Commission Division in favor of his former employer, American National Can Company (American Can). The issue in this case is whether a former employer is liable to pay compensation under the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 310/1 et seq. (West 2000)), for an employee’s exposure to an occupational disease hazard, where the employee was last exposed to that hazard while working with another employer. We hold that the Act clearly limits liability to the employer in whose employment the employee was last…