Vaughan v. County of Mississippi

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

On August 9, 1978, the Circuit Court of Mississippi County rendered a final judgment on an award by the Division of Workmen’s Compensation, pursuant to § 287.500,1 and in accordance with the directions of this court in Vaughan v. County of Mississippi, 568 S.W.2d 817 (Mo.App.1978). The court’s judgment “awarded” plaintiff a $2,500 fee for legal services rendered to an employee’s widow in a workmen’s compensation case and held that this fee constituted “. a lien on the compensation payable to said widow and shall be payable to said (plaintiff) out of the first…