BEMIS COMPANY, INC. v. Industrial Com.

Danney Hougham filed a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries to his left elbow after a fall while employed at Bemis Company, Inc., located in Peoria. After a hearing, an arbitrator awarded the claimant $208.53 per week for 6 1/7 weeks for temporary total incapacity and the same sum per week for 141 weeks for injuries arising out of and during the course of employment which the arbitrator found caused “permanent and complete loss of the use of the left arm to the extent of 60% thereof.” The Industrial Commission affirmed the…