UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 1-05-2550 WC.

851 N.E.2d 72 (2006)

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, et al. (Nadine Burnes, Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Workers' Compensation Commission Division.

May 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nyhan, Pfister, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry, Chicago (C. Freeman, of counsel), for Appellant.

Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti, Chicago (Jose M. Rivero, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The University of Illinois (University) appeals from a decision of the Circuit Court of Cook County which confirmed a decision of the Industrial Commission (Commission)1 awarding benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2000)) to Nadine Burnes, the claimant. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

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