Inland Steel Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

An arbitrator awarded permanent total disability compensation to claimant, Gene Bagwell, for an accidental back injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment with respondent, Inland Steel Coal Company. After receiving additional evidence, the Industrial Commission sustained the arbitrator’s decision, and the circuit court of Franklin County confirmed. Respondent now appeals, claiming that the Commission’s finding of total and permanent disability is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

On October 21, 1975, claimant, a 50-year-old underground mechanic for respondent, was…