Glover v. Industrial Commission

STEVENS, Presiding Judge.

The basic question before the Court is whether there was an abuse of discretion on the part of the hearing officer when he denied a motion to continue the hearing for the purpose of securing the testimony of a psychiatrist who had only recently examined the petitioner.

Mary R. Glover, herein referred to as the petitioner, sustained an industrial related injury to her left elbow and to her back when she slipped and fell on 24 November 1969. From time to time thereafter she attempted to return to her employment. She urged that pain prevented her from performing the…