Cook v. Industrial Commission

The claimant, John R. Cook, appeals the circuit court’s decision confirming the Industrial Commission’s (Commission’s) decision which awarded claimant temporary total disability (TTD) benefits pursuant to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 138 et seq.). At issue is the correct method for calculation of average weekly wage. We affirm.

The pertinent facts are as follows. On July 19, claimant, a laborer in the employ of Seneca Petroleum (the employer), suffered a work-related injury. During the year preceeding claimant’s injury, claimant worked…