B & B Construction Co. v. Cobbs

The employer/carrier appeal, and the claimant cross-appeals, an order of the judge of industrial claims awarding an attorney’s fee to the claimant. Upon consid*CXXXVIeration of the briefs and the record, we affirm the order as to all issues presented by appellants but reverse on the point presented by the cross-appeal.

Cross appellant contends that the judge of industrial claims erred when, after determining that a fair and reasonable attorney’s fee would be $15,000, he reduced the fee to $12,500 on the grounds that $15,000 “would not be sustainable on appeal.” We conclude there was error in…