SAIF Corp. v. May

SAIF seeks judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board setting aside SAIF’s denial of claimant’s occupational disease claim for a mental disorder. SAIF also seeks reversal of that portion of the board’s order that awarded claimant insurer-paid attorney fees of $15,000 for services rendered at the hearing. We conclude that the board did not err in holding that the claim was compensable or in its award of attorney fees. We therefore affirm.

We summarize the facts from the findings of the administrative law judge (ALJ), which were adopted by the board. Claimant worked for…