Waldschmidt v. Industrial Commission

Claimant appeals from an order of the Industrial Commission (Commission) which reduced the amount of penalties awarded by the arbitrator under section 19(7) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) and denied penalties and attorney fees under sections 19(k) and 16a of the Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, pars. 138.19(l), (k), 138.16a). We affirm.

In a prior appeal this court affirmed a Commission order assessing penalties of $980 under section 19(7) as well as an award of attorney fees of $1,678 under section 16a of the Act. (Consolidated Freightways, Inc. v. Industrial Comm’n (1985), 136 Ill.…