Alvarado v. Industrial Commission

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1996, the law firm of Goldstein, Fishman, Bender & Romanoff (Goldstein) filed on behalf of claimant, Angel Alvarado, an application for adjustment of his claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2002)). Claimant discharged Gold-stein and hired Ribbeck Maravi, EC. (Ribbeck Maravi). In 1999, Rib-beck Maravi filed a second application for adjustment of claim for the same injury that was the subject of the 1996 application. The 1996 case was voluntarily dismissed, and the parties settled the 1999 case. Five months after the arbitrator…