Fuller v. Industrial Commission

On June 20, 1978, the Industrial Commission denied a petition to vacate a prior order that suspended compensation payments to plaintiff, Robert Fuller. The prior suspension order had been issued on March 28, 1972. The Commission’s order denying the petition to vacate was confirmed by the circuit court of Cook County.

The sole issue is the propriety of the Commission’s refusal to vacate an order, issued over six years earlier, that suspended compensation payments under section 12 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 138.12) to an employee who failed to…