Legal Opinion
Aper v. National Union Electric Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 3, 1988No. 4-87-0532PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Section 19(g) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 138.19(g)) permits a party possessed of a workers’ compensation award not subject to further review and not against the State to petition the circuit court for a judgment on the award. If the party responsible for the award “refuses to pay compensation according to such final award,” the circuit court may also award the petitioner reasonable attorney fees for both the administrative proceedings in obtaining the award and the section 19(g)…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Proctor Community Hospital v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
- Wirth v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Bray v. Industrial CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Smith v. Gen Co. Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Kuhl v. Industrial CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ballard v. Industrial CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Comm'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 2017
- Pierce v. Tee-Pak, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1990
- Aper v. National Union Electric Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- Vulcan Materials Co. v. INDUSTRIAL COM'NAppellate Court of Illinois · 2005
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