Loper v. Industrial Commission

VAN CISE, Judge.

Petitioner, Victor Leon Loper (claimant), seeks review of the order of the Industrial Commission denying his petition to reopen his claim for an additional award of workmen’s compensation benefits. We set aside the order and remand for further proceedings.

On October 9, 1977, claimant was driving a truck for his employer, Jewett Scott Truck Lines, Inc., when a pick-up truck crossed the center line and collided head-on with claimant’s truck. The fuel tank in the pick-up exploded, and claimant inhaled the fumes and suffered massive burns.

Liability for workmen’s compensation…