YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS v. ILL. INDUS. COM'N

No. 1-03-2572 WC.

814 N.E.2d 910 (2004)

351 Ill. App.3d 789

286 Ill.Dec. 684

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION (Jeffrey Labonte, Respondent-Appellee).

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

Rehearing Denied September 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hennessy & Roach, P.C., Chicago, for Appellant.

Goldstein, Fishman, Bender & Romanoff, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, Jeffrey Labonte, sought benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1996)) for injuries he sustained on April 5, 1998, while employed by Yellow Freight System, Inc. (employer). After a hearing, the arbitrator determined that claimant suffered an aggravation of a pre-existing shoulder condition, which resulted in surgery. The arbitrator awarded claimant...

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