Court Opinion

ID: 9713122
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:08:43.738225+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:16.842451
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MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH, dissenting: I agree with and join in Mr. Justice Dooley’s dissenting opinion. I would also point out that the effect of the majority opinion is to create a petition for rehearing procedure where none was intended by the statute. The record shows that the Industrial Commission posted notice of its decision on April 10, 1975, and that the employer received the Commission’s decision on April 30. Prior thereto the employer had filed a petition pursuant to section 19(f) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 138.19(f)) requesting that the Commission correct its decision by reflecting certain credits for payments made by the employer. As stated by Mr. Justice Dooley, the “correction” requested was clearly not the type of “clerical error” or “error in computation” contemplated by the statute. The Commission did not enter an order denying the petition until September 25, 1975. The practical effect of the majority decision, therefore, was to extend from April 30 to September 25, a period of approximately five months, the time when the period during which certiorari could be sought commenced to run. The claimant here was injured on July 2, 1972. The arbitrator’s decision was not rendered until February 4, 1974. The statute should not be interpreted so as to further delay the disposition of the claims of injured employees. It is clear from the explicit language of the statute that it is only “ [w] here such correction is made” that the time during which certiorari may be sought begins to run from the date of the receipt of the corrected award or decision. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 138.19(f).) I agree with Mr. Justice Dooley that we should consider this case on its merits. MR. JUSTICE RYAN joins in this dissent.