City Van & Storage v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

STEVENS, Judge.

Does the file present a debatable issue which, in the absence of a brief by the respondent employee, requires that the award in favor of the employee be set aside? We hold that the answer to this question is in the affirmative.

We are handicapped in this matter in that there are two Industrial Commission claim files, one wherein the carrier was the State Compensation Fund (Fund) and one wherein the carrier is one of the petitioners herein, The Home Insurance Company (Home). The only file before this Court is the one wherein Home is the carrier. We gather some information…