MAHONEY v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 100239.

843 N.E.2d 317 (2006)

218 Ill.2d 358

Robert C. MAHONEY, Appellee, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (United Airlines, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Wiedner, Richard J. Leamy, Jr., and Emily E. Borg, of Wiedner & McAuliffe, Ltd., Chicago, for appellant.

Jason H. Rubens, of Rudich, Rubens & Taradji, L.L.C., Chicago, for appellee.

Martha Garcia and Richard Johnson, of Katz Friedman Eagle Eisenstein & Johnson, P.C., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

In this worker's compensation case, we decide whether the site of a contract of hire is the sole determining factor for applying the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2002)) to an employment injury sustained by a worker outside this state. Robert Mahoney, who was hired in Illinois, sustained two separate injuries while working for United...

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