Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Industrial Commission

The claimant, Charles Gordon, sustained accidental injuries on March 23, 1976, arising out of and in the course of his employment with the respondent, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (Firestone). Both parties sought review after an Industrial Commission arbitrator awarded compensation for 18 weeks of temporary total disability and a 15% permanent and complete loss of use of claimant’s left arm. The Commission affirmed the arbitrator’s allowance of temporary total disability, and increased the award for permanent and complete loss of use of the left arm to 45%. The circuit court of McLean…