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BEELMAN TRUCKING v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

No. 5-07-0071WC.

886 N.E.2d 479 (2008)

BEELMAN TRUCKING, Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION et al. (Jack G. Carson, Appellee).

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

Rehearing Denied May 8, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Hendershot, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Mark Glass, Glass & Korein, LLC, East St. Louis, IL, for Jack Carson.

Charles G. Haskins, Jr., John W. Powers, Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Presiding Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant, Jack G. Carson, sought benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2004)), after he sustained severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident that occurred while he was driving for the respondent, Beelman Trucking (Beelman), on April 19, 1995. Carson's injuries included a burst fracture at C5-6 resulting in the complete loss of use of both legs...

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