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8 Ill. Ct. Cl. 134

Miller v. State

Court of Claims of Illinois

Decided June 21, 1934

Court of Claims of Illinois · decided 1934-06-21

Relies on Inland Rubber Co. v. Industrial Commission · Bushnell v. Industrial Board · City of Rochelle v. Industrial Commission

Decided 1934-06-21

Mr. Chief Justice Hollerich

¶1delivered the opinion of the court:

¶2On September 23, 1931, claimant was in the employ of the State in connection with the maintenance of its S. B. I. Boute No. 116 in Iroquois County. On that date, while in the performance of his duties, he claims to have sustained a hernia while pulling on a post.

¶3The complaint contains no averment as to notice of the accident or claim for compensation, and the Attorney General has entered a motion to dismiss the case for the reason that notice was not given to the employer within fifteen (15) days after the accident and claim for compensation was not made within six (6) months after the accident, as required by the terms and provisions of Section twenty-four (24) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

¶4Our Supreme Court has frequently held that the making of claim for compensation within the time required by the Statute is jurisdictional, and is a condition precedent to the right to maintain a proceeding under the Compensation Act. Haiselden vs. Industrial Board, 275 Ill. 114; Bushnell vs. Ind. Com., 276 Ill. 262; Inland Rubber Co. vs. Ind. Com. 309 Ill. 43; City of Rochelle vs. Ind. Com., 332 Ill. 386; Beverly Country Club vs. Massachusetts Bonding Co., 268 Ill. App. 380.

¶5The complaint therefore is insufficient under the law, and the motion to dismiss must be sustained.

¶6Motion allowed.

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