Tegeler v. Industrial Commission

The majority today determines that the insurance adjuster in the case at bar "misrepresented the facts regarding an existing time limitation on the settlement offer” (173 Ill. 2d at 509-10) and, therefore, that the employer is estopped from asserting the statute of limitations as a defense. This holding is contrary to the express findings of the Industrial Commission that the claimant was not misled during the settlement negotiations. There is nothing in the record which indicates that the Industrial Commission’s findings are against the manifest weight of the evidence, as they must be, for…