Miller v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

SMITH, Judge.

Betty J. Miller (Claimant) petitions this Court for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s decision which limited attorney’s fees for Claimant’s counsel to fifteen percent regardless of their fee agreement providing for attorney’s fees at twenty percent of any verdict, settlement award or recovery received by Claimant. The issue presented is whether the referee erred by awarding a fee of fifteen percent to Claimant’s counsel since a contingent fee of twenty per cent is reasonable per se pursuant to Section 442 of The…