Long v. Industrial Commission

Claimant Barbara A. Long, an employee of respondent Continental Can Company, filed applications for adjustment of her claims for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries arising from work-connected incidents on September 2 and December 1, 1971. The cases were consolidated for hearing, and an Industrial Commission arbitrator awarded compensation of $79 per week for 3 2/7 weeks of temporary total incapacity but found no permanent disability resulting from the September accident; as to the December incident, however, he…