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STILP v. MID STATES CORP. CON. AND FAB. SPECIALISTS

No. 1-93-3354.

644 N.E.2d 41 (1994)

268 Ill. App.3d 265

205 Ill.Dec. 825

Eric M. V. STILP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MID STATES CORPORATION CONVEYING AND FABRICATING SPECIALISTS, individually and d/b/a Mid States Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Drumm of Law Offices of John L. Drumm, Chicago, for appellant.

D. William Porter and Scott A. Labow of Stevenson, Rusin & Friedman, Ltd., Chicago, for appellee.

Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue framed by this appeal is whether the filing of a worker's compensation claim by a minor's father as "father and next friend" amounts to the act of a legal representative under section 5(a) of the Worker's Compensation Act (820 ILCS 305/5(a) (West 1992)). We hold that it does and reverse the trial court's order dismissing plaintiff's cause of action.

Plaintiff, Eric Stilp, injured his hand on June...

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