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- Title: Wallace v. Industrial Com.
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 04, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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Glenda Sue Wallace filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers' Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of her employment in Granite City by the respondent, Nestle Company. The application stated that on November 6, 1979, she had suffered burns above the knee on her right leg. After a hearing, the arbitrator concluded that the claimant had sustained only a non-compensable disfigurement and denied the claim for compensation. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 138.8(c).) The Industrial Commission affirmed the arbitrator's decision, and the circuit court of St. Clair County confirmed the Commission's finding. The claimant appealed directly to this court under Rule 302(a)(2) (87 Ill.2d R. 302(a)(2)). The hearing before the arbitrator was held on July 20, 1981. The claimant, the only witness at the hearing, testified that on November 6, 1979, she was injured when a three-inch-diameter pressurized steam hose broke and struck her right leg. Hot water and steam from the broken hose caused a burn two inches in diameter above her right knee. She reported the accident to the company doctor, who removed the burned skin and applied a salve and dressing. The claimant did not lose time from work because of the injury, but she was placed on light-duty status for a month. She testified that she continues to experience sensitivity and an irritation of the affected area due to the rubbing of her clothes against the scar tissue.
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