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BAGHINI v. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 86-599.

525 A.2d 1027 (1987)

Homa Touhidi BAGHINI, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, Giant Food, Inc., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Interveners.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Johnson, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Margaret D. Farthing, Rockville, Md., with whom James F. Jordan and David P. Durbin, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for intervenors.

James R. Murphy, Acting Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for respondent.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON, and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Petitioner seeks review of a workers' compensation order of the Department of Employment Services which included an award of attorney's fees in the amount of $525.28, plus $37.81 in costs. Her request for a greater amount was rejected, on the ground that D.C.Code § 36-330(f) (1981) limits an attorney's fee award to twenty percent "of the actual benefit secured through the efforts of the attorney." Petitioner contends that this provision...

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