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Navistar International Transportation Corp., v. Industrial Comm'n

Case Date: 06/30/2000
Court: Industrial Commission
Docket No: 1-99-2779WC

Industrial Commission Division

June 30, 2000

No. 1-99-2779WC

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IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION DIVISION

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NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION,

Appellant.

v.

THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al.,

(JORGE C. DIAZ)

Appellee.

Appeal from the
Circuit Court of
Cook County, Illinois.


No. 98 CH 13063



Honorable
JOHN A. WARD
Judge Presiding.

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JUSTICE HOLDRIDGE delivered the OPINION of the court:

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Claimant, Jorge Diaz, filed a claim pursuant to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act(the Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq.) (West 1996) seeking compensation for a low back injurysustained on August 14, 1990, while employed by Navistar International TransportationCorporation (the employer). The arbitrator found that claimant sustained accidental injurieswhich arose out of and in the course of his employment, and which were causally connected tohis August 14, 1990, accident. The arbitrator further made findings with respect to disputedfinancial issues of earnings and credit due to the employer under