Saunders v. ADP TotalSource Fi Xi, Inc.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, Judge.
*362 The superior court's order awarded Plaintiff's attorneys a 25% contingent attorney's fee, payable from retroactive third party attendant care medical compensation awarded by the Industrial Commission. The Industrial Commission had denied a deduction of attorney's fees from the medical compensation award. We vacate the superior court's order for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and remand.
I. Background
Plaintiff sustained two compensable injuries to his lower back on 6 March 2010 and 7 July 2010. He underwent back surgery in October 2010, but his condition failed to improve.…
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