Utter v. Eaton Corporation

Prior to the hearing, the parties did not submit an Agreement for Compensation (I. C. Form 21); however, defendant did not contest that plaintiff had sustained an admittedly compensable injury by accident and defendant paid temporary-total disability compensation to plaintiff for approximately three years.

In December 1992, defendant filed an Application to Stop Payment (I. C. Form 24) which was denied by the Claims Department of the Industrial Commission on 6 January 1993. No explanation was given for the denial, but it is the policy of the Claims Department to deny all Applications to Stop…