State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Huggins

The State Accident Insurance Fund appeals from a circuit court order setting the amount of an attorney fee as prescribed in ORS 656.388(2).

"If an attorney and the referee or board cannot agree upon the amount of the fee, each forthwith shall submit a written statement of the services rendered to the presiding judge of the circuit court in the county in which the claimant resides. The judge shall, in a summary manner, without the payment of filing, trial or court fees, determine the amount of such fee. This controversy shall be given precedence over other proceedings.”

The issue is whether the…