ZEIGLER COAL CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 5-91-0809WC.

604 N.E.2d 481 (1992)

237 Ill. App.3d 213

178 Ill.Dec. 225

ZEIGLER COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, et al. (John Waggoner, Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, Industrial Commission Division.

November 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne R. Reynolds, Law Offices of Wayne R. Reynolds, P.C., Belleville, for appellant.

Harold B. Culley, Jr., Raleigh, for appellee.


Justice WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 23, 1986, claimant, John A. Waggoner, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat.1985, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.). He alleged impairment to his heart and lungs due to inhalation of coal and rock dust during a 40-year period of employment with respondent, Zeigler Coal Company. After a hearing held on September 14, 1989, the...

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