Levkovitz v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The arbitrator awarded claimant Joseph Levkovitz temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for 32 weeks, medical expenses and permanent partial disability (PPD) to the extent of 8% of the man as a whole pursuant to section 8(d)(2) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.8(d)(2)). The Industrial Commission (Commission) affirmed the arbitrator’s award as to the TTD and medical expenses but modified the PPD award finding claimant was permanently disabled to the extent of 20% of the man as a…