Seward v. Bud Avants Co.

Sam Bird, Judge. The

claimant in this workers’ compensation case was injured in 1988, and, in an opinion issued by the administrative law judge on March 12, 1993, found to be permanently and totally disabled under the odd-lot doctrine. Maximum attorney fees were ordered, “to be paid in accordance with A.C.A. §11-9-715, § 11-9-716, § 11-9-801, and WCC Rule 10,” with respondents (the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier) to pay “their proportionate share.” That opinion was not appealed to the Commission within thirty days, and, therefore, became a final order. However, the respondent…