Vesco Ventilation & Equipment Sales v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner Dolores Burda sought worker’s compensation and occupational disease benefits after suffering several episodes of myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure while employed by respondent Vesco Ventilation & Equipment Sales. An arbitrator denied benefits after finding that petitioner failed to prove she sustained an accident or disablement arising out of and in the course of her employment. The Industrial Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s decision.

The circuit court of Cook County reversed the Commission’s decision, finding the Commission erred in hearing additional expert…