Maskell v. Mid-State Filigree System

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KESTIN, J.A.D.

In this workers’ compensation matter, petitioner appeals from an allowance of counsel fees on the ground that the fees were inadequate because erroneously predicated. The fee allowance, $600 on a net award of $8,090, was apportioned forty percent to petitioner and sixty percent to respondent. Petitioner’s attorneys have represented that, should the allowance be increased, they will waive the portion attributable to petitioner. Thus, any conflict of interests has been eliminated.

Petitioner was injured in a work-connected accident. The…