Legal Opinion
Crosby v. WORKERS'COMP.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 16, 1982PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gabrielli, J.
This appeal presents for our determination the issue of whether section 24 of the Workers’ Compensation Law, requiring that attorneys’ fees sought in connection with a claim arising under that law must be approved by the Workers’ Compensation Board, violates a claimant’s constitutional rights to due process or equal protection. We hold today that this reasonable regulation of the payment of attorneys’ fees, enacted for the protection of the claimant, suffers no such constitutional infirmity.
Plaintiff’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits arose out of an…
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