City of Springfield v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant suffers from a stress-related mental disease. The arbitrator and Industrial Commission (Commission) awarded temporary total disability benefits. The City of Springfield appeals, contending claimant failed to establish he suffered from a compensable occupational disease.

Claimant was employed by the Springfield fire department for 17 years. For the last 5V2 years of that employment, he was a fire inspector with the rank of captain. Prior to becoming an inspector, he was an engine company captain. Claimant’s duties as a fire…