Hallenbeck v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Neil Hallenbeck, appeals the order of the circuit court which dismissed his petition for judicial review of an Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) decision for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and found that, assuming jurisdiction, the order claimant sought review of was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. While we find that the trial court did have jurisdiction, we agree that the Commission’s decision was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

The pertinent facts are as follows. Claimant, a 57-year-old aircraft mechanic, first worked for the…