Appellate Court of Illinois December 2, 2004, No. 5—03—0695WC (Setzekorn v. Industrial Commission)

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 26, 1997, claimant, Dora Ann Setzekorn, the surviving spouse of Henry Setzekorn (decedent), filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (Act) (820 ILCS 310/1 through 27 (West 1996)), seeking benefits from Freeman United Coal Mining Company (Freeman).