Franklin v. Industrial Commission

Claimant Sandra Franklin sought compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2000)), for an injury to her left arm suffered at work during a physical altercation with coemployee Geniver Mohan on February 18, 2001. An arbitrator of the Industrial Commission of Illinois (the Commission) found that the injury did not arise out of claimant’s employment and was therefore not compensable. Claimant appealed to the Commission. The Commission also found that the injury did not arise out of claimant’s employment, on the ground that claimant was an aggressor…