Maintenance Worker Knee Injury [2016]

A University of Illinois maintenance worker injured his knee when the gator (maintenance vehicle) he was driving struck a snow boulder on the sidewalk. The cart struck the snow boulder, veered off the path and struck a tree.

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ILLINOIS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF ARBITRATOR DECISION

MOSELEY, JAMES Case# 14WC014669
Employee/Petitioner

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEPT OF
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Employer/Respondent

On 3/14/2016, an arbitration decision on this case was filed with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in Chicago, a copy of which is enclosed.

If the Commission reviews this award, interest of 0.47% shall accrue from the date listed above to the day before the date of payment; however, if an employee’s appeal results in either no change or a decrease in this award, interest shall not accrue.

A copy of this decision is mailed to the following parties:

1067 ANKIN LAW OFFICE LLC
JOSHUA E RUDOLFI
10 N DEARBORN ST SUITE 500
CHICAGO, IL 60602

0522 THOMAS MAMER & HAUGHEY LLP
KENNETH REIFSTECK
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CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820

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