Fickas v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Joe Fickas, appeals an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County affirming a finding of the Industrial Commission (Commission) that claimant’s cubital tunnel syndrome was not causally related to his work-related accident. Claimant maintains that the Commission’s decision was against the manifest weight of the evidence. We affirm.

Claimant worked as a construction worker for respondent, Evans Construction. He suffered on-the-job injuries when he fell from a scaffold in July 1996 and subsequently filed an application for adjustment of claim against respondent pursuant to the…