Wallace v. Industrial Commission

Glenda Sue Wallace filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of her employment in Granite City by the respondent, Nestle Company. The application. stated that on November 6, 1979, she had suffered burns above the knee on her right leg. After a hearing, the arbitrator concluded that the claimant had sustained only a noncompensable disfigurement and denied the claim for compensation. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 138.8(c).) The Industrial…