NATIONAL FREIGHT v. COMPENSATION COM'N

Docket Nos. 5-12-0043 WC, 5-12-0047 WC cons.

993 N.E.2d 473 (2013)

2013 IL App (5th) 120043

373 Ill. Dec. 167

NATIONAL FREIGHT INDUSTRIES, Appellant, v. The ILLINOIS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION et al. (Andrew Smith and Fischer Lumber, Appellees). Andrew Smith, Appellant, v. The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission et al. (Fischer Lumber, Appellee).

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

Rehearing Denied September 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juhe A. Garrison and Robert Maciorowski , both of Maciorowski, Sackmann & Ulrich, LLP, of Chicago, for appellant National Freight Industries.

Leslie N. Collins and David M. Galanti , both of Galanti Law Office, P.C., of East Alton, for appellant Andrew Smith.

R. Kent Schultz , of Holtkamp, Liese, Schultz & Hilliker, P.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellee Fischer Lumber.


OPINION

Justice HUDSON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 On December 31, 2008, claimant, Andrew Smith, filed an application for adjustment of claim (No.08 WC 56873) pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 to 30 (West 2006)) seeking benefits for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on December 4, 2008, while in the employ of National Freight Industries. That same day, claimant filed a second application...

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