Matter of Shiqerukaj v. Gotham Broad, LLC

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board filed December 3, 2015, which, among other things, determined the amount of counsel fees due to claimant’s counsel.

In March 2012, claimant, a maintenance worker, sustained work-related injuries to her head, neck and back when she fell down a staircase while carrying bags of garbage, and her subsequent claim for workers’ compensation benefits was established. Following a hearing, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) found, among other things, that claimant had sustained a 75% loss of wage-earning capacity and awarded her…