Mendota Township High School v. Industrial Commission

Mendota Township High School District No. 280 (Mendota) appeals from the award of disability benefits to claimant, Russel Dean Lubbs. Claimant sought benefits pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for problems with his back stemming from an injury during a basketball game on February 17, 1986, while in Mendota’s employ as an athletic coach and science teacher. Approximately six months after the basketball incident, claimant suffered a ruptured disc during a sneezing episode. The arbitrator found a causal connection between the…