Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 31, 1984PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The appeal before us presents an issue of first impression as to whether contingency factors may appropriately be included in the fees of attorneys who represent claimants for unemployment benefits.
The Defendants, the Maine Employment Security Commission and the Commissioner of Labor, appeal from an order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County), sustaining the appeals of the Plaintiffs, James Elliot and other claimants for employment security benefits, in eight cases that were heard before the Commission, reversing the Commission’s decisions that denied awards for…
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