Vogel v. Industrial Commission

I. INTRODUCTION

Claimant, Brian Vogel, sustained cervical injuries while working for employer, Hogan’s Plumbing, Inc. An arbitrator awarded claimant 45 weeks of temporary total disability (TTD) benefits and $32,987.80 in medical expenses. The arbitrator found that injuries claimant received as a result of three automobile accidents broke the causal chain and therefore that his current condition of ill-being was not causally related to his work injury. The Industrial Commission (Commission) adopted the arbitrator’s findings. On judicial review, the trial court found that the Commission’s…