Roberson v. Industrial Commission

State: Illinois

Docket No: 102723 Rel

Case Date: 03/22/2007

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

DONALD D. ROBERSON, Appellee, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION (P.I. & I. Motor Express, Inc., Appellant). Opinion filed March 22, 2007.

JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION Donald Roberson filed a claim for benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act (see 820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2004)) after he was injured while delivering a load of steel coils for P.I. & I. Motor Express, Inc. (P.I. & I.). An arbitrator denied this claim, and the Illinois Industrial Commission1 reversed the arbitrator's decision, finding an employment relationship between Roberson and P.I. & I., as well as a causal relationship between Roberson's injury and his work. The circuit court of Montgomery County reversed the Commission's decision, and the appellate court reversed the trial

On January 1, 2005, the name of the Illinois Industrial Commission was changed to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. See 820 ILCS 305/1(c) (West 2004).

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