Atwood v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This is a consolidated appeal by the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) from awards of attorney fees by the circuit court in two workers’ compensation cases on entry of the mandates following appeal. The claims for compensation in both cases were denied by the hearings officer, the Workers’ Compensation Board and the circuit court. One claimant prevailed on appeal to this court; 1 the other appealed unsuccessfully to this court but prevailed in the Supreme Court. 2 There were no attorney fees ordered on appeal. On entry of the mandates, however, the circuit court awarded the claimants…