PEABODY COAL CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 5-98-0759 WC.

718 N.E.2d 370 (1999)

307 Ill. App.3d 393

240 Ill.Dec. 889

PEABODY COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al., (Michael J. McDonald, Appellee).

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

September 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Hazlett, Brinker & Doyen, L.L.P., Clayton, MO, for Appellant.

T. Fritz Levenhagen, P.C., Belleville, for Appellee.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, Michael J. McDonald, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1996)) for injuries sustained while in the employment of respondent, Peabody Coal Company. McDonald, a repairman, was injured on July 23, 1996, when he fell to the ground and injured his back while attempting to tighten a lug on a wheel of a shuttle car....

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