Claim of Bleakley v. Verizon Services Group

— Spain, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 1, 2011, which, among other things, denied an application for an award of counsel fees.

Claimant suffered a work-related injury in November 2009 and was out of work from November 23, 2009 until January 11, 2010. Prior to any award of workers’ compensation benefits, the *1100employer’s workers’ compensation carrier began making payments to claimant in the amount of $600 per week. Additionally, pursuant to its benefit plan, the employer began paying claimant wages in lieu of workers’ compensation benefits so that…