Digiacomo v. Board of Public Education

WALSH, Justice:

This is an appeal from a partial denial by the Superior Court of attorney’s fees sought by a successful claimant in an appeal from the Industrial Accident Board (“Board”). Claimant contends that the Superior Court abused its discretion in limiting the award of counsel fees to those issues sustained on appeal even though there was a total affirmance of the award. We agree and reverse.

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Although neither claimant nor the employer has appealed from the Superior Court’s affirmance of the Board’s award, the attorney’s fee dispute is best understood in the context of the underlying…