Mattern v. Industrial Commission

The petitioner, David J. Mattem, appeals the Industrial Commission’s (Commission’s) dismissal of his petition for review. The relevant facts are not in dispute. The petitioner initially filed a compensation claim against the respondent, Rowe Construction Company. The record does not disclose the nature of the claim or the arbitrator’s decision. The petitioner received a copy of the arbitrator’s decision on June 27, 1988. On July 5, 1988, he mailed a petition for review to the Commission. On the same date, he mailed a copy of the petition to the respondent’s attorney, who received it the next…