Old Ben Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

In proceedings under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.), an arbitrator found that the petitioner, Jon M. Porvaznik, had sustained injuries as a result of two separate incidents arising out of and in the course of his employment with the respondent, Old Ben Coal Company. The arbitrator consolidated the two claims and found that as a result of an incident that occurred on December 30, 1981, the petitioner was temporarily totally disabled for 23s/? weeks pursuant to section 8(b) of…