Willet v. Hascal & Hall, Inc.

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether the Industrial Accident Commission erred as a matter of law in its allowance of an attorney’s fee to the attorney for a petitioner before the Commission. We find that it did not.

On September 28, 1967 the attorney filed a petition for an award of compensation for his client who had sustained a personal injury by accident growing out of his employment. After considerable negotiation between the attorney and the insurance carrier, the carrier entered into a written agreement with the attorney for payment of compensation for…