Springfield Coal Company, LLC v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Workers' Compensation
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (4th) 150564WC
Decision Date: 
Monday, October 31, 2016
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
Sangamon Co.
Holding: 
Judgment vacated; appeal dismissed.
Justice: 
HUDSON

Circuit court did not have jurisdiction to review decision of Workers' Compensation Commission where claimant's written request for summons was file-stamped after the 20-day filing period in Section 19(f)(1) of Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, and claimant failed to file proof of mailing the written request for summons in circuit court within 20 days after he received Commission's decision. (HOLDRIDGE, HOFFMAN, HARRIS, and STEWART, concurring.)