Gromack v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.

*134The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kole, J. A. D.

This appeal by the employer, Johns-Man-ville Products Corporation (JM), from the amount of counsel fees awarded petitioner’s attorney by the Division of Workers’ Compensation requires a consideration of the standards to be applied by that Division in fixing such fees and the scope of our appellate review thereof.

In a real sense the fee payable to petitioner’s attorney (hereafter “the attorney”) is contingent in nature. If there is no compensation awarded to petitioner, the attorney receives no fee for his services. In no event may a fee…