CARTER v. ILL. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COM'N

No. 5-13-0151 WC.

11 N.E.3d 478 (2014)

Jack CARTER, Appellant, v. The ILLINOIS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION et al. (Old Ben Coal Co./Horizon Natural Resources, Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell Dunham , Darrell Dunham & Associates, Carbondale, IL, for Appellant.

Cheryl L. Intravaia , Feirich/Mager/Green/Ryan, Carbondale, IL, for Appellee.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The claimant, Jack Carter, filed a claim against Old Ben Coal Co./Horizon Natural Resources (the employer) under the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 310/1 et seq. (West 2008)) alleging coal workers' pneumoconiosis and claiming a last exposure date of September 24, 2004. Medical evidence presented at the hearing indicated that the...

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