Oden Construction Co. v. Tyler

When a workmen’s compensation case has been appealed to this Court, the case decided by this Court allowing compensation, and then the claimant dies while a suggestion of error is pending before this Court, is the attorney’s fee figured upon the full amount of the award in the decision of this Court, or is it figured upon the amount accrued and due at the time of death of the claimant? As we see it, the question has already been answered by this Court, and the fee would have to be figured as a percentage of that amount of installments with interest and damages that have accrued at the time of…