Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Claimant filed application for workers' compensation benefits for foot injuries sustained during work. Claimant developed blister on bottom of his left foot, after having to repeatedly push clutch down forcefully. After Claimant lanced blister using sterilized needle, he developed infection in foot which required several foot surgeries and partial amputation of one toe. Even if Claimant's lancing of blister was immediate cause of infection, the infection would not have occurred "but for" existence of work-related blister. Thus, his employment remains a cause of his current condition of ill-being.(HOLDRIDGE, HOFFMAN, HUDSON, and HARRIS, concurring.)