Beasley v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY,

specially concurring:

I agree with my colleagues’ determination that petitioner’s failure to comply with section 19(f)(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act mandates an affirmance of the circuit court’s disposition here. The facts presented in this case fall far short of the “unique circumstances” that inspired my dissent in Fortson v. Industrial Comm’n (1989), 184 Ill. App. 3d 794, 540 N.E.2d 815. In Fortson, it was clear that petitioner had made bona fide efforts to timely comply with sections 19 and 20, but was thwarted in her efforts by circumstances outside her…