Chambers v. Industrial Commission

The plaintiff employer, Kirk & Blum, appeals from an order of the circuit court awarding benefits to the claimant, Glen E Chambers, for permanent total disability under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) (hereafter the Act). The sole issue on appeal is whether the circuit court had jurisdiction to review the cause. We reverse.

The facts in the instant case are not disputed. The claimant was a sheet metal worker employed by Kirk & Blum. On June 28, 1966, the claimant was struck by a sheet of metal which lacerated his left leg to the bone. Despite…