Piasa Motor Fuels v. Industrial Commission

I. INTRODUCTION

Claimant, Kenneth Ruyle, filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2002)) for injuries he allegedly sustained while working for employer, Piasa Motor Fuels. The arbitrator denied benefits. The Industrial Commission1 (Commission), in a decision signed by Chairman Dennis R. Ruth and two commissioners, reversed. It awarded claimant 24 weeks’ temporary total disability (TTD) benefits and $95,915.50 in medical expenses and found that claimant was disabled to the extent of 25% of a person as a whole. The…