Pollard v. State Road Department

I think the full commission, and a majority of this Court, base their conclusion on an invalid premise. The award of the additional fee of $850.00 was not — as the full commission and this Court say — allowed by the deputy to claimant’s attorney “for benefits to claimant that were voluntarily paid and that an attorney was not necessary to collect them.” In the first place, the initial claim for compensation benefits was controverted by the employer. Therefore, I think, all the benefits to the employee flowed from the initial success of the attorney in his successful efforts to *276establish,…