United Airlines v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Justices Hoffman, Hudson, Holdridge and Stewart concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

On March 31 and April 2, 2003, claimant, Charlotte Graham, filed applications for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2002)), seeking benefits from employer, United Airlines. At arbitration, the parties stipulated that claimant sustained accidental injuries that arose out of and in the course of her employment on May 9 and October 23, 2001. The only disputed issue…