Associated Grocers v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N, ETC.

OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

In this review of an award entered by the respondent Commission in a workmen’s compensation proceeding, the sole issue is whether the administrative law judge properly excused an untimely request for hearing. We affirm the award.

The petitioner employer (hereinafter employer) is self-insured, and matters relating to its workmen’s compensation claims are administered by its agent, Merchants Insurance Agency, Inc. The claims administration agent and the employer are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as “employer.”

Since approximately April 1980 and continuously…