Max Shepard, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

Max Shepard, Inc. (Shepard), appeals from an order of the circuit court confirming a decision of the Industrial Commission (Commission), awarding the claimant, Sam Creinin, benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1998)). For the reasons that follow, we affirm as hereinafter modified.

The claimant filed an application for adjustment of claim, seeking benefits under the Act for injuries he allegedly received out of and in the course of his employment on October 2, 1999. In that application, the claimant listed his employers as: Jerome S. Alport and Myra…