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PennDPW v. ZIEGLER

No. 1955 C.D. 1987.

117 Pa.Commw. 79 (1988)

542 A.2d 226

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Petitioner v. R. Lee Ziegler, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Benefield Seiverling, Assistant Counsel, for petitioner.

R. Lee Ziegler, respondent, for himself.

Argued April 21, 1988, before Judges MacPHAIL and SMITH, and Senior Judge BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, June 10, 1988:

Petitioner Department of Public Welfare (DPW) appeals an order of the Board of Claims (Board) which awarded attorney fees to R. Lee Ziegler (Respondent). For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the Board's order and dismiss the suit.

Respondent entered into an attorney-client relationship with Stephen Harris in July of 1982, in order to obtain unemployment compensation benefits for Harris. He appeared at a referee...

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