Court Opinion

ID: 9518409
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:52:12.353967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:53.454250
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE RAKOWSKI, specially concurring in part and dissenting in part: I agree that the Commission’s award of 20% of a person as a whole is not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Unlike the majority, however, I believe that the Commission properly terminated TTD upon claimant’s return to school. Thus, the Commission’s denial of penalties was also proper. Accordingly, I would reverse the judgment of the circuit court and affirm the Commission’s decision in its entirety. Prior to beginning his summer job with Mobil, claimant had completed his junior year at Illinois State University. He needed 16 more credit hours and planned to work at Mobil until August 25, 1992, and return to college. There is no question that the job was temporary summer employment. When claimant returned to school he removed himself from the job market. This is the basis for both employer’s termination of TTD and the Commission decision to deny penalties. I respectfully submit that, under the facts of the case, the Commission’s decision to deny penalties is not against the manifest weight of the evidence.