Legal Opinion
Feissner v. Prince George's County
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 24, 1978No. [No. 113, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.
We granted certiorari here to decide whether an attorney for a claimant in a workmen’s compensation case may collect authorized counsel fees from the claimant’s public employer even though the entire compensation award has been extinguished as a consequence of the availability of superior benefits from a governmental pension fund. In two companion cases presenting this issue, which are before us in one record, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County ordered payment of the fees only to be reversed by the Court of Special Appeals in Prince George’s Co. v. Feissner, 37 Md. App. 124, 377 A.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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