Gallenberg v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiff contends that the hearing before the examiner was not intended to determine the extent of permanent disability; that the examiner should have determined only the amount of compensation to which he was entitled to the date of hearing and the employer’s liability for medical services; that the trial court erred in refusing to remand the record to the commission for further proceedings.

The commission’s order was a final determination of the rights of the parties. It is interlocutory only in the sense that jurisdiction was retained to determine the amount of Dr. McCabe’s bill. When…