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LERNER v. WORK. COMP. APPEAL BD. ET AL.

No. 2109 C.D. 1976.

35 Pa.Commw. 300 (1978)

Sidney S. Lerner, M.D., Administrator of the Estate of Samuel Lerner, Deceased, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company and Gerald J. Haas, Esq., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney S. Lerner, M.D., petitioner, for himself.

Gerald J. Haas, with him James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Argued April 3, 1978, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., BLATT and DiSALLE, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., May 16, 1978:

This case, an appeal of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) awarding counsel fees to respondent, arises out of workmen's compensation proceedings wherein the employer sought to terminate benefits to Samuel Lerner (claimant).

Respondent, an attorney, was hired by claimant to represent him at these proceedings on September 26, 1971; claimant died on December 21, 1971. Respondent continued...

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