Village of Deerfield v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Citation
Case Number: 
2014 IL App (2d) 131202WC
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Lake Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
STEWART
Plaintiff filed three separate workers' compensation claims, for three separate injuries, against Village, his employer. Injuries to different baody parts of the person-as-a-whole are not injuries to the same body part. Although Plaintiff's injuries to his shoulder, neck, and back are all injuries to the person-as-a-whole, they are not injuries to same body part. Plaintiff was properly given a wage differential under Section 8(d)1 of Workers' Compensation Act for second accident because his disability resulting from injury caused impairment of earning capacity. Commission's decision to make separate awards for injuries to different body parts in separate accidents is not contrary to manifest weight of evidence. (HOLDRIDGE, HOFFMAN, HUDSON, and HARRIS, concurring.)