Wernle, Ristine & Ayers v. Yund

On Civil Transfer

DICKSON, Justice.

This appeal challenges an order of the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board (“Board”) stating that no expenses of a *993claimant-employee’s physician shall be paid by the employee. We hold that such a determination is within the Board’s authority to approve the fees of physicians, and that the record in this case fails to demonstrate that the Board’s ruling conflicts with the attorney-client fee agreement or the lawyer’s professional obligations regarding the payment of litigation expenses.

The designation of parties to this appeal arises from the unusual…