Rojas v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

Presiding Justice McCullough and Justices Hoffman, Hudson, and Holdridge concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

Rosa Rojas (the claimant) appeals from a decision of the circuit court of Cook County which confirmed a decision of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (the Commission). The Commission affirmed and adopted the decision of the arbitrator denying the claimant’s petition for reinstatement of her claim, which had been dismissed for want of prosecution. The sole issue raised on appeal by the claimant is whether the Commission abused its discretion in denying the…