Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division v. Brown
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1991No. 89-134PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.
The Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Division appeals from a district court order restoring legal fees and costs billed by the attorney appointed to represent an injured worker. Counsel petitioned for review by the district court following an administrative hearing examiner’s reduction of her compensation by more than thirty-three percent and disallowance of about half of her costs. The immediate issue is whether a district court can hear an appeal from an order by an administrative hearing examiner and modify the order when the district court judge finds the amount…
2Cases cited161 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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