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FREEMAN UNITED COAL MIN. v. INDUS. COM'N

No. 86438.

720 N.E.2d 1063 (1999)

188 Ill.2d 243

242 Ill.Dec. 108

FREEMAN UNITED COAL MINING COMPANY, Appellee, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. (Thomas Lefler, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Culley Jr., Culley & Wissore, Raleigh, for Thomas Lefler.

Kenneth F. Werts, Craig & Craig, Mt. Vernon, for Freeman United Coal Mining Company.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, Thomas Lefler, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act (Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1981, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.) alleging that he had contracted an occupational disease, coal worker's pneumoconiosis (black lung disease), arising out of and in the course of his employment with Freeman United Coal Mining Company (the employer). The arbitrator denied...

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