Yocum v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Shirley Yocum, appeals from the order of the circuit court confirming an order of the Industrial Commission (Commission) that allocated $15,000 in attorney fees between claimant’s attorney, Warren E. Danz, and her former attorney, Delano Law Offices (Delano), following the Commission’s approval of an agreed settlement of claimant’s claim for benefits pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1996)). Attorney Danz claims the Commission lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to allocate attorney fees because Delano failed to file with the Commission a…