Pinkerton v. Industrial Commission

EUBANK, Judge.

In this review by our writ of certiorari, we are asked to examine the finality of a determination by the respondent insurance carrier and The Industrial Commission of petitioner’s average monthly wage, which was, admittedly, incorrectly calculated, where petitioner failed to file a written application for a hearing with the Commission within 60 days following the mailing of the “Notice of Claim Status.”

The petitioner was a school teacher employed by the Peoria High School during the 1968-1969 school year. On January 7, 1969, she stumbled and fell in the school library and…