Chambers v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The pro se petitioner, Olivia Chambers, filed a motion in the circuit court to remand this cause of action to the Industrial Commission. The circuit court denied her motion. She appeals.

This is the second time this cause has come before us. On April 11, 1981, the petitioner first filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.). Her employer, respondent Prudential Insurance Company, challenged Illinois jurisdiction. The parties stipulated that only the…