Claustrophobic Corrections Officer Failed to Prove Mental-Mental

A corrections officer did not prove that working in a prison "segregation unit" caused his claustrophobia, the Workers' Compensation Commission ruled, but a dissenting commissioner contended that his job clearly aggravated his preexisting psychological condition.The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission denied Brad Ebel's claim for psychological injuries after determining that he did not satisfy the criteria for a "mental-mental" claim."We find that petitioner failed to prove he was subjected to severe emotional shock, and that the alleged stressors existed in reality, from an ...