United States Steel Corp. v. Industrial Commission

Respondent, United States Steel Corporation, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County confirming an Industrial Commission decision which reversed the denial of compensation by an arbitrator and made an award to claimant Jerome Milerowski for loss of hearing.

On appeal, respondent contends that (1) the Commission’s finding that claimant met his burden of showing an exposure to noise with the intensity of 90 decibels or more for eight hours, or its time-weighted equivalent, was legally erroneous; and (2) certain other determinations of the Commission were against the manifest…