Conway v. Blackfeet Indian Developers, Inc.

Defendant, Missoula Service Company, appeals from two orders of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarding attorneys’ fees and costs. The first order, entered after an evidentiary hearing, awarded claimant’s attorneys $44,533.78 in fees on a forty percent contingency fee agreement applied to the discounted value of periodic disability benefits due the claimant, together with costs of $1,641. The second order awarded claimant’s attorneys $941 in costs for pursuing the attorneys’ fees issue.

Claimant was injured in an industrial accident on July 30,1976. He suffered trauma to his right arm,…