Huff v. Industrial Accident Board

TAYLOR, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Industrial Accident Board [Board] which denied plaintiff’s application to permit payment by plaintiff to his attorney of a fee in excess of $2,250 in connection with a settlement of a claim for permanency benefits and disfigurement benefits. The private fee agreement between plaintiff and his attorney had provided for a fee in excess of the $2,250 maximum fee permitted by Board Rule 24(A).

The plaintiff’s claim for permanency benefits had been filed with the Board. One week before the scheduled hearing of the claim, a settlement was…