Price v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Attorneys Stephen M. Price and Arthur Kay petitioned for a writ of review regarding a decision by respondent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) denying them attorney fees for their representation of Enrique Cadena in a workers’ compensation matter. The parties had filed stipulations with a request for an award. In their stipulations, the parties agreed that (1) Mr. Cadena was entitled to permanent disability indemnity; (2) Mr. Cadena’s attorneys requested specified attorney fees; and (3) the fees would be payable from the “far end of [the] award.” Before the…