Claim Meyer v. Sidney Meyer-Atlanta Market

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Claim Meyer v. Sidney Meyer-Atlanta Market

270 A.D. 787, 59 N.Y.S.2d 499, 1946 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3933

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided January 12, 1946·Published·Cited by 3 cases

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Appeal by claimant and his attorney from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board that the attorney’s fee as fixed by the board shall not be a lien against the award. The statute provides that when a claim for legal services in connection with any claim arising under the statute is approved by the board it shall become a lien on the compensation awardeu (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 24). The only discretion the board has is with relation to the manner of payment. Decision reversed as a matter of law, without costs, and claim remitted. All concur. [See post, p. 862.]

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Appeal by claimant and his attorney from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board that the attorney’s fee as fixed by the board shall not be a lien against the award. The statute provides that when a claim for legal services in connection with any claim arising under the statute is approved by the board it shall become a lien on the compensation awardeu (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 24). The only discretion the board has is with relation to the manner of payment. Decision reversed as a matter of law, without costs, and claim remitted. All concur. [See post, p. 862.]

Claim Meyer v. Sidney Meyer-Atlanta Market, 270 A.D. 787, 59 N.Y.S.2d 499, 1946 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3933 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1946).

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