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SISBRO, INC. v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 93729.

797 N.E.2d 665 (2003)

207 Ill.2d 193

278 Ill.Dec. 70

SISBRO, INC., Appellee, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, et al. (George Rodriguez, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Edmiston, of Kanoski & Associates, Rushville, for appellant.

Clare R. Behrle, of Valentine & Rouse, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

George J. Cullen, Charles G. Haskins, Jr., David B. Menchetti, of Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti, P.C., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois AFL-CIO.

Arnold G. Rubin, Cameron B. Clark, Chicago, Kim Edward Presbrey, Aurora, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, George Rodriguez (claimant), twisted his ankle as he stepped out of a delivery truck and into a pothole while making a delivery of dairy products for his employer, Sisbro, Inc. (Sisbro). The Industrial Commission awarded claimant workers' compensation benefits, finding that there was a causal relationship between this work-related injury and the acute onset of a degenerative condition in claimant...

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