Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Monfredi

OAKS, Justice:

This is a writ of review to set aside an order of the Industrial Commission in a claim for workmen's compensation. The order directed the employer to pay $2,582.94 plus medical expenses to an employee who was totally disabled for three months with a back injury. The employer seeks reversal of that order.

The administrative law judge, whose findings and conclusions were affirmed by the Industrial Commission, found (1) that "there was a definite identifiable injury to the Applicant's low back on January 5, 1979"; (2) that "the Applicant was temporarily totally disabled" from that…