Western Springs Police Department v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2023 IL App (1st) 211574WC
Decision Date: 
Friday, January 13, 2023
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
WC/Cook Co.
Holding: 
Circuit court order reversed; commission decision reinstated.
Justice: 
HOFFMAN

Claimant appealed from a circuit court order reversing a decision of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission awarding her benefits for injuries to her wrist sustained while employed as a crossing guard. The Commission had concluded that while claimant was traveling to work at the time of the injury, the injury arose out of and was in the court of her employment because she was on the village’s premises at the time of the injury. Claimant appealed the circuit court’s order and the appellate court found in her favor, reversing the circuit court order and reinstating the decision of the commission. (HOLDRIDGE, JUDSON, CAVANAGH, and BARBERIS, concurring)