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Workers' Compensation Appellate Court Opinion

by Townsend, Karen

 

AC39009 - Frantzen v. Davenport Electric ("This case presents the issue of whether the Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) has the statutory authority, pursuant to General Statutes § 31-327 (b),1 to decide fee disputes among attorneys who have represented a claimant at different times during the pendency of a case before the commission… On appeal, Vaccaro claims (1) that the commission does not have subject matter jurisdiction to resolve disputes regarding attorney’s fees between lawyers who serially represented a claimant and (2) that the commissioner and the board deprived Vaccaro of his constitutional right to have the attendant factual issues resolved by a jury. We disagree with Vaccaro’s claims and, accordingly, affirm the decision of the board.")