Legal Opinion
Michalski v. Industrial Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 10, 1992No. 3—91—0693WCPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH
delivered the opinion of the court:
Claimant appeals from an order of the Industrial Commission (Commission) contending it erred in calculating the amount of benefits he was due for the partial hearing loss he suffered in both ears. Claimant argues that benefits should be computed as a percentage of the maximum number of weeks available for complete and total loss of hearing in both ears rather than as a proportion of the lower number of weeks provided for partial disability in each ear.
The facts are undisputed. After striking his head on an I beam while ascending a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Franzese v. TrinkoIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- People Ex Rel. Hanrahan v. WhiteIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- Harvey Firemen's Ass'n v. City of HarveyIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Weast Construction Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- Sampson v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mora v. Industrial CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- Mora v. Industrial Comm'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000