Childress v. Industrial Commission

This action is a direct appeal (73 Ill. 2d R. 302(a)) by respondent, St. Mary’s Hospital, of an award of attorney fees pursuant to section 16 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.16), and of the amount of an award of temporary total disability.

The essential facts are not in dispute. Petitioner, Frankie Childress, a nurse’s aide at St. Mary’s Hospital, injured her back on May 13, 1978, while lifting a patient into a wheelchair. She continued to work for approximately a week and was then hospitalized at St. Mary’s for her back injury. She was off work for…