Waldrop v. Miller Moderns

THOMAS, Justice.

No question is presented here about the compensation ordered by the Deputy Commissioner to.be paid claimant; at this late stage of the litigation the claimant, the carrier and the employer are not concerned over the outcome of this review.' Nor is there any contest over the total fee for the services of claimant’s counsel. We deal only with the manner in which the fee allowed for such services has been or should be divided.

For the sake of brevity, we will refer to the injured employee as Waldrop, the petitioner-attorney as Spisak and the respondent-attorney as Schroll.

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