In re Attorney's Fees to McLaren v. Paradise Inn Hawaii, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

This case concerns John C. McLaren’s attorney’s fee request to the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (“Director”) through the Disability Compensation Division of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (“DCD”), for his representation of a claimant in a workers’ compensation case. John C. McLaren (“McLaren”) presents the following questions on certiorari:

A. Did the ICA gravely err in concluding that the September 7, 2010 appeal to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board was untimely made?

B. Did the…