Kuhl v. Industrial Commission

Petitioner, Betty J. Kuhl, has perfected this appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of La Salle County which refused to award her attorney fees and interest to which she claims she is entitled under sections 19(g) and 19(n) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 138.19(g); Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 138.19(n); Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 138.19(n) (as amended by Pub. Act 83 — 1362)). The facts are as follows.

After an arbitrator found that the petitioner’s exposure to an occupational disease left her temporarily totally disabled, on September…