Sprinkman & Sons Corp. v. Industrial Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent, Sprinkman & Sons Corporation of Illinois, appeals from a circuit court order vacating the decision of the Industrial Commission (the Commission) that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the claim of the petitioner, Helen Feldhaus. We affirm.

In July of 1979, the petitioner filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Worker’s Occupational Diseases Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.), alleging a claim for her husband’s death due to his exposure to asbestos while employed by the…