Wise v. Industrial Commission

The issue here presented is whether application for adjustment of claim was filed with the Industrial Commission within one year after the last payment of compensation.

A back injury was suffered by the employee on September 23, i960. He did not work from October 31 to November 21, i960, and from April 14 to May 26, 1961, and was paid compensation of $50 per week during those periods by his employer’s compensation insurance carrier. His application, filed July 5, 1962, was dismissed by the Industrial Commission for want of jurisdiction on the ground that it had not been filed in apt time, and…