Dig Right In Landscaping v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Citation
Case Number: 
2014 IL App (1st) 130410WC
Decision Date: 
Monday, July 28, 2014
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., WC Div.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded.
Justice: 
HOLDRIDGE

Employee filed for workers' compensation benefits for right shoulder injuries sustained while employed for landscaping company. Circuit court erred in finding that Commission's award of temporary total disability benefits and past and future medical care was against manifest weight of evidence. Commission's finding that condition of ill-being is causally related to employment is not contrary to manifest weight of evidence. Commission found credible medical evidence supporting causation, and although did not expressly find claimant credible, its description of his testimony reveals that it found him credible. (HOFFMAN, HUDSON, HARRIS, and STEWART, concurring.)