Fret v. Tepper

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal brought by Illinois Department of Transportation (hereafter the Department), which challenges the trial court’s entry of an order limiting the Department’s workers’ compensation lien pursuant to section 5(b) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.5(b)). Although plaintiff, Larry Fret (hereafter plaintiff), filed a motion to adjudicate the lien held by the Department following his settlement of the underlying personal injury lawsuit against defendant, Edward Tepper (hereafter…