Moody v. Arabie

STOKER, Judge.

In this case we are called upon to decide this question: In a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by an injured worker in which the worker and his attorney have a contract for payment of attorney’s fees on a contingent fee basis, and in which there is an intervention by a worker’s compensation carrier seeking reimbursement of worker’s compensation benefits paid to the injured plaintiff worker, may the worker’s attorney claim a contingent fee on the entire recovery, including the portion which by law is to be paid to the compensation carrier by preference and…