Court Opinion

ID: 9739951
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:24:04.598949+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:14.916340
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE McCULLOUGH, dissenting: As stated in the majority opinion, the Commission certainly has the prerogative to resolve conflicting testimony, to judge the credibility of the witnesses, and to draw inferences from the evidence. The Commission did determine that the inconsistencies in the record undermined the petitioner’s credibility and concluded that the petitioner failed to prove that he sustained the alleged injury. This finding of the Industrial Commission is not against the manifest weight of the evidence and should not be disturbed. The reference to Jacobson is inapposite. In Jacobson, the claimant’s version of the accident was corroborated by the medical records introduced into evidence. He went to the hospital the day after the incident, which was a Sunday, and reported the accident to the employer immediately the Monday following. The decision of the circuit court confirming the Industrial Commission’s decision should be affirmed.