Compensation of Button v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board awarding him temporary total disability from August 24, 1977 to January 13, 1978. He claims that he should have been awarded interest on certain disability benefits the Fund originally refused to pay; that the referee and Board cannot reduce the amount requested as attorney fees without stating their reasons for doing so; and that he was entitled to penalties on certain unpaid disability benefits. We affirm.

The claimant, Donald Button, was working as a timber cutter on August 24, 1977, when a log rolled against him, hitting him…