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ALVARADO v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N

No. 98464.

837 N.E.2d 909 (2005)

216 Ill.2d 547

297 Ill.Dec. 458

Angel ALVARADO, Appellee, v. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 6, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Victor, of Goldstein, Fishman, Bender & Romanoff, Chicago, and Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Carl J. Elitz, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), Chicago, for appellee.

Monica Ribbeck Kelly and Rebecca L. Weinberg, of Ribbeck & Kelly, Chicago, for appellee.

Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this case is whether the Illinois Industrial Commission (the Commission) may award attorney fees to a claimant's former attorneys several months after the Commission approves a settlement between the claimant and his employer. The trial court confirmed the Commission's decision to award attorney fees to the former attorneys. The appellate court reversed. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the...

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