Sperling v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Diane Sperling, filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Worker’s Occupational Diseases Act (111. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.), alleging that she contracted hepatitis out of and during the course of her employment with Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital. The Industrial Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s finding that claimant did not establish a causal connection between her employment and her disease. The circuit court confirmed. Claimant appeals, alleging (1) that the Industrial Commission’s determination that a causal connection was not…