Seiniger Law Offices, P.A. v. State Ex Rel. Industrial Commission

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal out of Ada County challenging the administrative rule adopted by the Industrial Commission in 1994 that regulates the amount of attorney fees allowable for attorneys representing claimants in worker’s compensation proceedings. We uphold the validity of the rule.

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Factual Background.

The Idaho Industrial Commission (Commission) adopted an administrative rule that took effect on July 1, 1994, and that regulated the amount of fees that an attorney could recover from a claimant in a worker’s compensation proceeding. IDAPA 17.02.08.033 (1994). Seiniger Law Offices,…