Legal Opinion
Wattenbarger v. Boise Cascade Corp.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided April 22, 1986No. TC 135,549; CA A32736; SC S32364PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLinde, J.
Claimant prevailed on his employer’s appeal of a referee’s order to the Workers’ Compensation Board and was awarded $800 as a “reasonable attorney fee.”1 Procedures for fixing attorney fees in workers’ compensation cases are set out in ORS 656.388 as follows:
“(1) No claim for legal services or for any other services rendered before a referee or the board of the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court shall be valid unless approved by the referee or board, or if proceedings on appeal from the order of the board are had before any court, unless approved by such court. In cases in which a claimant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Harwell v. Argonaut InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1984
3Cited by8 opinions
- State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division v. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
- Greenslitt v. City of Lake OswegoOregon Supreme Court · 1988
- Short v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1988
- Strawn v. Farmers Ins. Co. of OregonCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 2010
- Wattenbarger v. Boise Cascade Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1986
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