PER CURIAM.
Appellants challenge that reasonableness of a $12,000 attorney's fee award. In an effort to ascertain the basis for said award, we have turned to the deputy commissioner's order and find that the primary considerations influencing his decision were: benefits in the amount of $68,000; the conclusion that claimant's counsel expended some 70 hours with considerable correspondence in the case; the medical complexity of the issues, and the bitterness of the...
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