Schneider v. Emanuel Hospital

This is a workman’s compensation case in which the Workmen’s Compensation Board (Board) dismissed the employer’s request for review of an opinion and order of a hearings referee. The circuit court affirmed the dismissal and the employer appeals.

The referee’s opinion and order, which granted claimant an award of permanent total disability, was issued January 25, 1974. The employer mailed a request for review to the Board on February 1, 1974. The employer’s attorney certified that the request for review, and a copy thereof, was served upon the Board and claimant’s attorneys, but the certificate…