U. S. Industrial Chemical Co. v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner, James Bailey, filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Worker’s Occupational Diseases Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.) for an occupational disease sustained while employed by respondent, U.S. Industrial Chemical Company. An arbitrator found that petitioner was suffering from an occupational disease which left him permanently disabled and which arose out of and in the course of his employment. The arbitrator awarded petitioner $212.27 per week for life. The Industrial Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s decision, and the circuit court of Coles…