National Manufacturing v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Doris Nornhold, sought benefits pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1994)) for injuries sustained on September 16, 1997, while employed as a laborer at National Manufacturing Company. An arbitrator for the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) issued a decision finding that claimant had sustained injury as a result of a work accident on September 16, 1997, and awarded claimant 6/? weeks temporary total disability (TTD) benefits and medical expenses in the amount of $7,738.10, and finding that claimant was entitled to permanent partial…