Parker v. State Industrial Accident Commission

The plaintiff was an injured workman whose claim for compensation was rejected by the defendant, State Industrial Accident Commission. Plaintiff appealed to the circuit court for Tillamook county, where the court, after both parties had moved for a directed verdict, dismissed the jury and found for the plaintiff and ordered defendant to pay plaintiff compensation for permanent total disability and related benefits. Defendant appeals only from that portion of the judgment which allowed plaintiff an attorney’s fee of $1,500.

The defendant concedes that the allowance of an attorney’s fee was…