Contreras v. Industrial Commission

The majority opinion holds that a party or his attorney has a duty to exercise due diligence to insure that the transcript is prepared in a reasonable time even though the obligation to prepare and furnish the transcript rests with the Commission. The opinion does not specify exactly what the employer should have done, only that whatever it did do was insufficient. Presumably, the employer should have made phone calls and/or sent letters to the Commission and the court reporter. The opinion also relies on the testimony of Jeanmarie Calcagno, an attorney specializing in workers’ compensation…