Gillmore v. Ideal Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff was injured in a work-related accident. After he had received periodic payments on account of the injury for 25 weeks, he and his employer, defendant Ideal Industries, agreed to a lump sum settlement approved by defendant Industrial Commission of Illinois. Plaintiff later tried to reopen the case, but the Industrial Commission denied that it had any jurisdiction to modify such an award. Defendant then filed suit in circuit court, asking that the release be set aside for an alleged mutual mistake of fact and that the Industrial Commission be enjoined from entering an order that it…