IL Ct: Fees Can Be Awarded Months After Settlement

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the Industrial Commission has the authority to award attorney's fees to a claimant's former attorney several months after approval of a settlement agreement. In Alvarado v. The Industrial Commission, No. 98464, 10/06/2005, Angel Alvarado was injured while working for Central Die Casting. In 1996, the law firm of Goldstein, Fishman, Bender & Romanoff (Goldstein) filed an application for adjustment of claim on Alvarado's behalf, and the matter was assigned to an arbitrator and was designated a case number. In March 1997, Alvarado entered into an attorn...