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PRESTON v. BELL TRUCKING

No. 4-97-0526.

693 N.E.2d 506 (1998)

230 Ill.Dec. 377

Robert PRESTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BELL TRUCKING, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

April 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Robertson, Daniel B. Stoerzbach, Barash & Stoerzbach, P.C., Galesburg, for Bell Trucking.

Diane E. Greanias, Peoria Heights, Anne C. Rennick, Rennick and Rennick, Wyoming, for Robert Preston.

Justice BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In law, as in life, a few simple rules make everything run more smoothly. Two of those rules would have made a world of difference in the instant case: Read the instructions. Play by the rules. The defendant, Bell Trucking, failed to follow either of these rules. It failed to file an appearance with the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) before taking any action in a worker's compensation case. And it definitely...

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