Old Ben Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by claimant Andy Bial from an order of the circuit court of Franklin County reversing the decision of the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) as being against the manifest weight of the evidence and reinstating the arbitrator’s award. The Commission had found claimant to be permanently, totally disabled under section 8(f) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.8(f)) and awarded the claimant $353.19 per week for life. The arbitrator had found claimant to have a…