Freeman United Coal Mining Co. v. Industrial Commission

Claimant Oral F. Gower filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.) on June 21, 1984. The arbitrator found that claimant was permanently partially disabled to the extent of 5% as a result of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, chronic bronchitis, and hyperreactive-airways disease. Both claimant and his employer, Freeman United Coal Mining Company, filed petitions for review of the arbitrator’s decision. The Industrial Commission (the Commission), with one member dissenting, modified the…