Decatur-Macon County Fair Ass'n v. Industrial Commission

Fleta Morris, widow of Redvers Morris, filed on March 24, 1975, an application for adjustment of a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) arising from the April 3, 1974, death of her husband. An arbitrator heard the case on May 1 and on that date awarded compensation plus a penalty of “50% of the amount payable at the time of this award” for “unreasonable and vexatious delay in the refusal to pay benefits.” The order entered by the arbitrator further found the compensation proceedings “do not present a real controversy, but are merely…