Goldblatt Bros., Inc. v. Industrial Com.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the employer, Goldblatt Bros., Inc. (Goldblatt), appeals the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County confirming an award by the Industrial Commission to Leo Wilcoski of 306 weeks temporary total disability and thereafter a pension for life based on a finding of permanent total disability. Goldblatt urges that the finding of permanent total disability is against the manifest weight of the evidence and that any disability suffered by Wilcoski beyond losing the use of one leg is attributable to his refusal to have the leg amputated rather than…