HEALTH & HOSPITALS GOV. COM. v. IND. COM.

No. 51050.

75 Ill.2d 194 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 683

HEALTH & HOSPITALS GOVERNING COMMISSION OF COOK COUNTY, Appellee, v. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al. — (Christine Watkins, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Wittenberg, of Chicago, for appellant.

William P. Tuggle, Joan M. Pucillo, and Frank J. Oles, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment reversed; award reinstated.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

On finding that notice of the accident was not given her employer within the period provided in section 6(c) of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.6(c)), an arbitrator for the Industrial Commission denied petitioner, Christine Watkins, compensation for injuries suffered on May...

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