12/18/2020
. Trevizo sustained the injury while constructing a table for the steakhouse. In reversing the order of the administrative law judge ALJ the Board determined that El Gaucho and its insurance carrier were liable for Trevizo's compensable injury. On appeal El Gaucho argues that substantial competent
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12/01/2021
that it is irrelevant whether a subsequent event aggravated a
claimants condition. See Par Electric v. Ill. Workers Comp. Commn 2018 IL App 3d
170656WC at 956. An employer is liable for every natural consequence that flows from a work-
related injury unless the chain of causation is broken
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07/01/2012
when he voluntarily applied for a transfer to Orlando Florida. There was no interruption between the claimant's last day of work in Chicago and his first day of work in Orlando and he continued to perform the duties of a ramp serviceman. The claimant sustained compensable injuries in Orlando in 1999
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04/01/2015
a reasonable 'degree of scientific certainty.
He believes. that
Petitioner's condition is likely the consequence of lupus hypertension and the Chiari malformation.
He believes that she may have some mild neuropsychological liinitations but these are unrelated to
mold exposure. He opined that
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10/01/2017
Arbitrator also finds that the evidence presented does not establish an intervening injury to break the
chain of causation. Every natural consequence that flows from an injury that arose out of and in the course of
one's employment is compensable under the Act absent the occurrence of an independent
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10/01/2019
costs and attorney' s fees are due; and
10.
The claimed need for psychiatric care is not compensable as a matter of law.
The following documents were admitted into evidence
Judge's Exhibits
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Petition for Benefits filed January 10 2019 Docket Number "DN" 8;
Response to Petition for
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09/01/2020
a showing of a qualitative or quantitative increase in the risk. Injuries resulting from a
neutral risk generally do not arise out of the employment and are compensable under the Act only
where the employee was exposed to the risk to a greater degree than the general public. fllinois
nst. of Tech
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09/01/2019
said to arise out ofher employment. However if the injury
results from a hazard to which the employee would have been equally exposed apart from the
employment or a risk personal to the employee it is not compensable. d.
"For an injury caused by a fall to arise out of the employment a claimant
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08/01/2023
majority. I would have found that Petitioner
lacked credibility and as a result failed to prove that she sustained a compensable accident that
arose out of and in the course of her employment on January 25 2011.
Petitioners pre-accident medical records document a longstanding history of severe
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10/01/2012
. Sisbro v. Industrial Comm'n 207 Ill. 2d 193 797 N.E.2d 665 2003. Likewise every natural consequence that flows from an injury that arose out of and in the course of the claimant's employment is compensable unless caused by an independent intervening accident that breaks the chain of causation
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