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.")