Otto Baum Company v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Citation
Case Number: 
2011 IL App (4th) 100959WC
Decision Date: 
Thursday, September 29, 2011
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
McLean Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed and remanded.
Justice: 
HOFFMAN
Circuit court properly confirmed Commission's decision awarding claimant, a laborer, 13 6/7 weeks of TTD for injuries received while working. Commission has discretion to terminate or suspend benefit in response to a claimant's refusal to accept work within his restrictions. Record sufficiently supports Commission's determination that claimant's refusal was not so unjustified as to warrant termination of TTD benefits, but instead a suspension of benefits for time that he refused work. (McCULLOUGH, HUDSON, HOLDRIDGE and STEWART, concurring.)