White v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

DOYLE, Judge.

This is an unusual appeal in a workers compensation case which presents an issue regarding the proper fee to be paid to a claimant’s first attorney where that attorney voluntarily withdraws his representation and is replaced by succeeding counsel, all with the complete approval of the claimant, the referee, and the claimant’s second attorney.

The essential underlying facts reveal that Carl Denny (Claimant) sustained a lower back injury while in the course of his employment on August 16, 1984 and, pursuant to a notice of compensation payable, began to receive temporary total…