Sosniak v. Industrial Commission

On the petition of Mychajlo Sosniak, an employee of Allied Finishing Specialties Co., he was awarded workmen’s compensation for temporary total incapacity for work, and for a partial loss of use of the lower extremities. His employer also provided him with extensive medical care, including three periods of hospitalization and surgery. Contending that an alleged permanent mental disorder arising out of the same injury entitles him under the law to the equivalent of a death benefit and a pension for life, he sought and received review by the circuit court of Cook County. The award was confirmed…