H & H Plumbing Co. v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Carl Wade, filed a claim under the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 172.1 et seq.) alleging that he contracted an occupational disease arising out of and during the course of his employment with H & H Plumbing Company (H & H). The arbitrator denied compensation, but the Industrial Commission (the Commission) reversed the arbitrator’s decision and awarded claimant temporary total disability benefits for 1232/7 weeks. The Commission also found claimant to be permanently disabled to the extent of 10% of a whole person.. The circuit court…