Berryman Equipment v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent employer Berryman Equipment, Inc., appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County dismissing the respondent’s judicial review of an order of the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) for want of subject-matter jurisdiction. Claimant is Paul E. Hauppa.

On appeal, the issues are (1) whether, in order to invoke subject-matter jurisdiction of the circuit court over judicial review proceedings under section 19(f)(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/19(f)(1) (West 1992)), the written…