Nichols v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Ramsey Construction)

LORD, Senior Judge.

John Nichols, through his counsel (counsel), petitions this Court for review of a Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) order that affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision insofar as it awarded counsel fees for unreasonable contest on a quantum meruit basis.

Nichols suffered a work-related injury on September 19, 1994. Employer Ramsey Construction accepted liability. In her decision dated January 18, 1996, the WCJ noted that the only issue to be decided was Nichols’ request for counsel fees for an unreasonable contest. The WCJ then made the following…