Brooks v. Industrial Commission

Employer Keystone Steel and Wire (Keystone) filed a petition pursuant to section 19(h) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.19(h)) alleging employee Dennis Brooks’ (claimant’s) disability to his right eye had subsequently diminished or ended. The Industrial Commission (Commission) granted the section 19(h) petition, finding claimant’s disability had materially decreased. The circuit court reversed, finding there was not a sufficient material change in circumstances to warrant the allowance of a section 19(h) petition. Keystone timely filed this notice…