Transamerican Office Furniture v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

KELLEY, Judge.

Transamerican Office Furniture (employer) appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board directing employer to pay ongoing counsel fees of twenty percent of Setegna Fanta’s (claimant) award to claimant’s attorney based on a determination that employer’s contest of claimant’s compensation was unreasonable. We affirm.

Claimant was employed as a warehouseman for employer when he sustained an injury to his back on August 26, 1988. Claimant’s supervisor witnessed the accident, and claimant also notified employer’s general manager and product manager that he had been…