Rival's Case

The employee was successful before the Appeals Court in obtaining a decision that he was entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits that had been denied him by decisions of a single member and the reviewing board of the Industrial Accident Board. Rival’s Case, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 66 (1979). We denied the insurer’s application for further appellate review. Rival’s Case, 379 Mass. 925 (1979). Thereafter, the employee moved in the Appeals Court for the award of counsel fees, and that court denied the motion. The employee sought further appellate review here, and we granted his request. We affirm…