Allen v. Treasure State Plumbing

Employers’ Commercial Union appeals from the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court which held that Employers’ Commercial Union must pay permanent partial disability benefits and attorney’s fees to claimant, John Allen. We affirm.

The issues we find necessary for review are:

1. Whether the Workers’ Compensation Court properly allocated John Allen’s benefit payments among insurers;

2. Whether the Workers’ Compensation Court properly awarded John Allen attorney’s fees.

At time of trial, John Allen (Mr. Allen) was a 48 year old married man who worked for his father as a laborer at Treasure…