Burd v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Larry Burd, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Peoria County confirming the decision of the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) denying claimant fees for services rendered by his fiancee and denying him attorney fees for delay and unfairness in the payment of benefits to claimant.

On July 11, 1986, claimant was injured in a work-related accident which rendered him a paraplegic. At the time of his accident, claimant lived with his fiancee, Emily Purtscher (Emily), in a two-bedroom house claimant had purchased a year or so before and to which he was planning to make…