Contreras v. Industrial Comm'n

Industrial Commission Division

July 27, 1999

No. 1-98-1357WC

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

FIRST DISTRICT

INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION DIVISION

LEONARD CONTRERAS, ) Appeal from

Appellant, ) Circuit Court

v. ) Cook County

THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, et al. ) No. 96L51068

(City Foods, Appellee.) )) Honorable) Joanne L. Lanigan,) Judge Presiding.

Claimant, Leonard Contreras, sought benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq .) for injuries sustained while employed by City Foods as a laborer. City Foods is a meat packing house. On August 8, 1989,…