Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Combs

BIRD, JUDGE.

Clay Shackelford served successfully as attorney for Mitchell Combs in his claim against the Commonwealth’s Department of Highways for workmen’s compensation. The Workmen’s Compensation Board, before whom the action was pending, ordered that the attorney’s fee be paid in a lump sum to attorney Shackelford. The fee will of course be deducted from the claimant’s total award and he does not object to the amount or its payment in a lump sum.

The Department of Highways, however, objected to the amount of the fee and to the order for lump sum payment and appealed to the Madison Circuit…