Legal Opinion
Dawson v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 15, 2008No. 5-07-0339WCPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH
delivered the opinion of the court:
On November 21, 2000, claimant, Larry Dawson, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (820 ILCS 310/1 through 27 (West 1998)), seeking benefits from employer, Freeman United Coal Mining Company. After a hearing, the arbitrator found claimant suffered coal worker’s pneumoconiosis (CWP) caused by his exposure to coal dust and awarded claimant permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits in the sum of $421.59 per week for a period of 50 weeks, representing 10% loss of a man as a…
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