Legal Opinion

Paradise Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1927No. 17956. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heard

Thomas Yates on October 6, 1924, filed with the Industrial Commission an application for the adjustment of his claim for compensation, which he alleged arose out of an accidental injury suffered on July 23, 1923, while employed by the Paradise Coal Company. After a hearing before an arbitrator Yates was awarded $15 a week for a period not to exceed 266% weeks for temporary total incapacity for work. Upon review the Industrial Commission on February 23, 1925, awarded Yates compensation at the rate of $15 per week for 266% weeks and thereafter a pension for life of $26.66 per month, which award…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mount Olive & Staunton Coal Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1926

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Goldblatt Bros., Inc. v. Industrial Com.Illinois Supreme Court · 1979

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