Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund v. Brewer

Terry Crabtree, Judge.

The appellant, Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund, appeals from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s opinions directing it to withhold the claimant’s attorney fee and pay it by separate check to the claimant’s attorney. We find no error, and affirm.

On August 27, 1990, the appellee, Mr. James Brewer, sustained a work-related injury. Mr. Brewer’s healing period ended in May 1992. Mr. Brewer’s employer, Woodruff Electric Cooperatiave, also an appellee in this case, initially controverted the extent of permanent disability, but later stipulated to the…