Beelman Trucking v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court;

The claimant, Jack G. Carson, sought benefits pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2004)), after he sustained severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident that occurred while he was driving for the respondent, Beelman Trucking (Beelman), on April 19, 1995. Carson’s injuries included a burst fracture at C5-6 resulting in the complete loss of use of both legs and the near complete paralysis of the left arm and a degloving injury to the right arm that required a midhumeral amputation. The…