ARNOLD ENGINEERING, INC. v. INDUS. COM.

No. 49375.

72 Ill.2d 161 (1978)

380 N.E.2d 782

ARNOLD ENGINEERING, INC., Appellant, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. — (Dallas M. Noll, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burgeson, Laughlin, Cunningham & Smith, of Chicago (Richard D. Hannigan and Francis D. Morrissey, of counsel), for appellant.

Jason Gesmer, of Tuite, Morrissey, Gesmer & Finnegan, of Rockford (J. Michael Madda, Charles Wolff, and Sidney Z. Karasik, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee.

Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago (Douglas F. Stevenson, Daniel P. Socha, Stephen J. Friedman, and William N. Krucks, of counsel), for amici curiae Illinois Manufacturers Association, Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), International Harvester, Johns-Manville Corp., United States Steel Corp., Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sears, Roebuck & Co., Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Rockwell International, Casualty Insurance Co., Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., American Insurance Association, Commercial Union Assurance Companies, Anchor Hocking Corp., Employers Mutual Companies, State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., Alexsis Division of Alexander & Alexander, Chicago Mutual Liability Co., Commonwealth Edison Co., and Associated General Contractors of Illinois.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the amendment of section 6 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, effective July 1, 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.6(c)(2)), which extends the statute of limitations from one to three years, is applicable to a claim which, without the amendment, would have been barred.

On October 24, 1972, claimant sustained a compensable...

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