DOCKSTEINER v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 5-03-0150 WC.

806 N.E.2d 230 (2004)

346 Ill. App.3d 851

282 Ill.Dec. 255

Allan DOCKSTEINER, Appellant, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, et al. (Peabody Coal Company, Appellee).

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

Rehearing Denied April 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culley & Wissore-Harold B. Culley, of counsel, Raleigh, for Appellant.

Kevin M. Hazlett, of counsel, Swansea, for Appellee.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant, Allan Docksteiner, appeals from an order of the circuit court confirming a decision of the Industrial Commission (Commission) to deny him benefits under the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act (Act) (820 ILCS 310/1 et seq. (West 1996)), which he sought for having allegedly contracted coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) while in the employ of Peabody Coal Company (Peabody). For the reasons which...

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