Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Mill operator's removal of himself from workforce, after briefly working at $8/hour security guard job, did not preclude him from wage differential benefits, where pay was within range per vocational rehabilitation consultant's opinion, as claimant could do only light to medium duty work after work-related injury to ulnar nerve. Proper for court to use, as basis for amount claimant would have earned if still employed, the amount his co-worker testified that he received as annual pay for wages plus mandatory overtime. Improper to include in basis the amount earned by co-worker for voluntary overtime.