General Industrial Supply Inc. v. Knoll

WOLF, Judge.

Employer/carrier appeals from an order “assessing additional attorney’s fees” for claimant’s counsel’s efforts to enforce the preparation and signing of a stipulated settlement of attorney’s fees related to the attorney’s efforts in reference to the underlying compensation claim. The claimant cross-appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the attorney’s fee award. We find no statutory authority for the attorney’s fee award and reverse. It is, therefore, unnecessary for us to address the issue raised by the cross-appeal.

On July 19, 1989, the judge of compensation claims entered an…