Chicago Park District v. Industrial Commission

Although the majority correctly notes that the extent and permanency of a claimant’s disability are questions of fact and that the Commission’s factual determinations will not be overturned unless they are against the manifest weight of the evidence (Amoco Oil Co. v. Industrial Comm’n (1991), 218 Ill. App. 3d 737, 748, 578 N.E.2d 1043, 1051), the majority proceeds to find the Commission’s determinations as to total and permanent disability to be against the manifest weight of the evidence in this instance. Manifest weight of the evidence is that which is clearly evident, plain and…