Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Industrial Commission

The employer, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, appeals from a decision of the circuit court of Cook County which confirmed a decision of the Illinois Industrial Commission awarding benefits to the claimant, Lawrence Urbaniak, for 100% loss of use of his left foot. The following evidence was admitted at the August 18, 1987, arbitration hearing.

Claimant testified that he worked for the employer as a PBX installer. On March 30, 1977, while stepping off a soil pipe, he caught the back of his left heel on a raised concrete slab, and he felt "everything just pulled.” He "blacked out” and was taken…