Dunagan v. Marell Farms, Inc.

1. Attorneys have a lien on awards of the Workmen’s Compensation Board “and no person shall be at liberty to satisfy said suit, judgment, or decree until the lien or claim of the attorney for his fees is fully satisfied; and attorneys at law shall have the same right and power over said suits, judgments, and decrees, to enforce their liens, as their clients had or may have for the amount due thereon to them.” Code § 9-613 (2); Wooten v. Denmark, 85 Ga. 578, 579 (11 S. E. 861); Middleton v. Westmoreland, 164 Ga. 324 (1b) (138 S. E. 852); Thomas v. Travelers Ins. Co., 53 Ga. App. 404 (1) (185…