Smith v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, David Smith, filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for a leg injury which arose out of and during the course of his employment with Norris Farms. An arbitrator found claimant’s average weekly wage to be $51.78 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 138.10) and denied claimant’s request for penalties under sections 19(k), 19(1) and 19(m) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, pars. 138.19(k), (1), (m)). On review initiated by claimant, the Industrial Commission found claimant’s average weekly wage to…