Wantroba v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by claimant Thomas Wantroba from an order of the circuit court of Cook County confirming the decision of the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission). The respondent employer in this case is Kentucky Fried Chicken. The arbitrator awarded claimant $210 per week for 16 weeks’ temporary total disability (TTD) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.8(b)), and $189 for 15 weeks’ permanent partial disability (PPD) to the extent of 3% of the person as a whole. The Commission increased the TTD award to 16½ weeks, and…