Legal Opinion · Dissent

Yellow Freight Systems v. Industrial Commission

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 4, 2004No. 1-03-2572 WCPublished

1Dissent

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH,

dissenting:

The decision of the Industrial Commission entered August 16, 2001, should be reinstated. The Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s award of 47V7 weeks, temporary total disability, and awarded claimant “$439.89 per week for a period of 200 weeks, as provided in § 8(d)2 of the Act for the reason that the injuries sustained caused the permanent disability *** to the extent of 40%.”

The arbitrator found that claimant “presented no evidence of an appropriate job search and no testimony from a vocational expert.” A review of the trial court’s findings shows…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Consolidation Coal Co. v. Industrial CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994

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