Schander v. Northern States Power Co.

This case again raises the issue of whether an award of fees to an attorney for legal services to a workers’ compensation claimant was arbitrary and unwarranted by the evidence. Our review of the file satisfies us that it was not.

Employee sustained a work-related injury in September 1975 for which the employer paid him temporary total disability compensation until February 24, 1976. It then filed notice of intention to discontinue the payments, so employee retained Attorney John D. Mariani to assist him in obtaining the compensation to which he was entitled, agreeing to pay him 25 percent of…