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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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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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. 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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like
a drywall taper who also has rheumatoid arthritis that hes going to be more likely than a member
of the general public to sustain a rotator cuff tear as a consequence of the repetitive work if there was
an accident or an injury absolutely I would say that thats the case. RxA p. 94
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remainder of the Arbitrators Decision.
Illinois courts have stated 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
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the Petitioner to be sincere consistent and credible. The
Petitioners treating records corroborate that Petitioners complaints in his left shoulder were
symptomatic as a consequence of his accident of 3712.
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Given the sequence of events the totality of the evidence and the
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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 by an independent intervening accident. See
id. at 63. The
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7; 2 The Claimants absence of wages was
not the result of a disability from a compensable injury; 3 At the time this Petition was filed the
Claimant was treating with Dr. OBrien a qualified orthopedic physician to treat the Claimants
lumbar injury; 4 No TPD is due therefore no
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the Commission make an award. This is of no consequence because in Zurowska the plaintiff's lawsuit was barred where she accepted temporary total disability benefits and did not reach a final settlement. The majority characterizes United's payments of benefits to Steve as "voluntary." The concept of
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injuries are compensable or direct that the employee be reimbursed for such care as the employee has been required to arrange see Larson's Workers Compensation Law § 94.024a observing that claimant may make suitable arrangements at employer's expense if employer fails to furnish prompt and
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