Hard v. Industrial Commission

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Plaintiff in error, Stephen B. Hard, was respondent in the proceedings before the Industrial Commission and suffered an adverse ruling in favor of claimant, George Solis, who obtained an award for injuries received in an industrial accident.

Hard appeared at the hearings before the referee without benefit of counsel. After the adverse decision of the referee, which was entered on July 17, 1968, and modified by a supplemental order on July 18, 1968, Hard employed counsel to seek reversal of the award.

On July 24, 1968, counsel for Hard filed a motion for…