Komatsu Dresser Co. v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Peter J. Lishamer, Sr., filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.), for a lower-back injury incurred while in the course of his employment with the respondent, Komatsu Dresser Company. Subsequently, the claimant filed a section 19(b — 1) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.19(b — 1)) petition. Following the hearings on his section 19(b — 1) petition, the arbitrator held that the claimant failed to prove that his injury arose out of and in the course of his employment on March 22, 1989,…