Labor/Employment
May 13, 2009
State Justices Limit Attorney Fees in Workers' Comp Suits
The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to injured workers and their attorneys Monday by limiting their ability to be reimbursed for attorney's fees in workers' compensation cases.
Daily Journal Staff Writer The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to injured workers and their attorneys Monday by limiting their ability to be reimbursed for attorney fees. A unanimous court said California law doesn't entitle workers to receive attorney fees when they successfully fight for specific medical treatments. The law only allows the fees, the court found, when an injured worker fights to keep their workers' compensatio...
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