Salisbury v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Citation
Case Number: 
2017 IL App (3d) 160138WC
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Henry Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HUDSON

Court denied widow's motion for lump-sum payout of benefits awarded for her husband's death in work-related accident when the crop-duster plan he was piloting crashed.  Respondent employer voluntarily elected to satisfy part of its obligation prior to entry of formal order, and Commission factored those prior overpayments of benefits into its final order.  Claimant failed to show that a lump-sum payout was warranted. Evidence showed that Claimant was suffering no economic hardship and had saved most of Respondent's periodic payments, and no evidence that lump-sum payout would be in Respondent's best interests. (HOLDRIDGE, HOFFMAN, HARRIS, and MOORE, concurring.)