Setzekorn v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 26, 1997, claimant, Dora Ann Setzekorn, the surviving spouse of Henry Setzekorn (decedent), filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (Act) (820 ILCS 310/1 through 27 (West 1996)), seeking benefits from Freeman United Coal Mining Company (Freeman). After a hearing, the arbitrator denied claimant benefits. On review, the Industrial Commission (Commission) affirmed and adopted the arbitrator’s decision. Claimant sought judicial review of the Commission’s decision in…