COATES v. MAINE EMPLOYMENT SEC. COM'N


428 A.2d 423 (1981)

Ramona COATES v. MAINE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sunenblick, Fontaine & Reben, Donald F. Fontaine (orally), Asen & Landis, Michael Asen, Peter Landis, Sewall, Mittel & Hefferan, Robert E. Mittel, Portland, for plaintiff.

Susan P. Herman (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Maine Employment Security Commission appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (Kennebec County) awarding attorney's fees to counsel for plaintiff Ramona Coates in connection with her earlier successful appeal to this court from a Commission decision that had disqualified her from receiving unemployment compensation. The Superior Court order awarded plaintiff's counsel an "additional contingency fee" in the amount of 25% of the...

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