Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 11, 2011No. 1-09-2320 WCPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdridge
Presiding Justice McCullough and Justices Hoffman and Hudson concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Stewart concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion.
OPINION
The claimant, Thomas O’Rourke, sought workers’ compensation benefits from his employer, the City of Chicago (the employer), for an injury to his lower back arising out of and in the course of his employment on August 27, 2002. The claim was designated as No. 02 WC 55088. While that claim was pending, the claimant returned to work and subsequently reinjured his lower back in an industrial accident on May 5, 2004. That…
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