Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Sheldon

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board requiring it to pay claimant’s attorney fees for services in obtaining increased compensation. We affirm.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury in 1979. Employer overpaid claimant compensation for temporary total disability in the amount of $9,476.21. By a determination order, claimant was awarded permanent partial disability, with a lump sum value of $5,440. The order also provided that employer was not entitled to an offset against the award for the prior overpayment. Employer paid that award. Claimant requested a…