DeAdwyler v. Industrial Commission

Theodore R. DeAdwyler, the claimant, was employed by the Board of Education of the city of Chicago (Board) as a social studies teacher for seventh and eighth grade students. Claimant filed an application for adjustment of claim with the Industrial Commission which alleged that on March 8, 1979, he suffered “[mjental stress and strain plus emotional trauma” as a result of an “assault” committed against him by a student. The application was filed without the aid of counsel, and claimant has conducted this case in its entirety pro se.

The arbitrator found that the claimant failed to prove by a…