Boyce v. Grand Rapids Asphalt Paving Co.

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from a November 18, 1980, opinion and order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that ordered plaintiff’s attorney to receive his fee, for the award he won for plaintiff for medical benefits, from plaintiffs recovery rather than from the share of the recovery that went to St. Mary’s Hospital to compensate it for its care of plaintiff, or from plaintiff’s employer Grand Rapids Asphalt Paving Company or its insurance carrier.

Plaintiff injured his right leg in an employment-related accident on October 8, 1974. He received medical treatment for his injury…