Where an employee is awarded permanent partial disability benefits, those benefits are due as they accrue and not as a lump-sum absent a showing before the court that a lump-sum payment is in the best interest of the parties.The 1st District Appellate Court reversed the decision of Cook County Circuit Judge James M. McGing.Alphonse Iannoni suffered an injury in the course of his employment with the city of Chicago (city) on March 31, 2014. After Iannoni filed a claim for workers’ compensation, the city began paying …