Workers’ Compensation Article Published in The Legal Intelligencer on Unreasonable Contest Attorney Fees

A Workers’ Compensation article by Willig, Williams & Davidson appeared in The Legal Intelligencer’s recent Workers’ Compensation supplement that focused on pursuing unreasonable contest attorney fees in workers’ compensation cases.

The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act provides that an employer shall be responsible for the payment of attorney fees when it fails to establish a reasonable basis for its contest of a workers’ compensation claim. Despite this provision, attorneys for claimants rarely request attorney fees from the judge or demand them during negotiations to settle claims.

The article argues as to why claimants’ attorneys should begin to routinely utilize this overlooked benefit to increase the value of claimants’ recovery and why employers’ attorneys should be more alert to their clients’ exposure for unreasonable contest attorney fees.

Read the full article at The Legal Intelligencer (law.com).