Legal Opinion
Jeffboat, LLC v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2009No. 07-3834PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This case comes to us from a decision by the Benefits Review Board upholding the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) award of attorneys’ fees to Larry Furrow, who filed a workers’ compensation claim against his employer, Jeffboat, LLC, that was settled shortly before trial was scheduled. On appeal, Jeffboat argues that Furrow’s counsel never established that the hourly rate that she requested was in line with the prevailing market rate for legal services in Indiana, where Furrow brought this case. Jeffboat also argues that the Administrative Law Judge improperly resorted to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kenneth Spegon v. The Catholic Bishop of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Iqbal Mathur, Marilyn F. Longwell and John P. Madden v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Zeigler Coal Company v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and William E. HawkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Gibson v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2012
- Shirrod v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
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