Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Mary R. Conoboy, was injured when she slipped and fell in a common area of the Woodfield Shopping Mall shortly after leaving her place of employment on the second floor of the mall. Claimant filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.). The arbitrator awarded claimant compensation. The Industrial Commission adopted the arbitrator’s decision, and the circuit court modified the award and confirmed the remainder of the Commission’s decision. The Industrial Commission division of the…