Whittaker v. Lane

GRAVES, Justice.

The claimant Jeffrey Allan Lane (“Lane”) filed his original workers’ compensation claim in September 1987 for an accident which occurred on January 1, 1987. In an award entered on June 9, 1989, he was found fifty percent occupationally disabled.

Lane moved to reopen his claim on March 27, 1992. His attorney, Honorable John H. Helmers (“Helmers”) began working on the reopening in 1991. The motion to reopen was sustained, and by an order entered on April 26, 1993, Lane was found totally occupationally disabled. The new award will yield increased benefits over Lane’s projected…