Hagemann v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

Dennis Hagemann filed an application for adjustment of claim against William Sherman III, doing business as Sherman Grain Farms, seeking workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he sustained on May 12, 2003, while driving a semi-tractor trailer to haul grain. Sherman moved to dismiss the application, arguing that his business fell under the agricultural enterprise exemption of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/3(19) (West 2008)). The arbitrator granted the motion to dismiss, and Hagemann appealed to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission), which affirmed…