John v. Industrial Commission

Canon T. John injured his back on April 12, 1976, while lifting boxes at the Goodwill Industries, Inc., in Peoria, where he was employed as “Director of Operations.” John filed a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.), and after a hearing an arbitrator, on October 24, 1977, awarded him a total of 14 weeks of compensation benefits for temporary total disability and for the “permanent and complete loss of the use of the left leg to the extent of 5%.” The respondent refused to pay certain medical expenses the claimant incurred shortly after…