McSHEA v. STATE, DEPT. OF LABOR

No. S-69.

685 P.2d 1242 (1984)

Roger A. McSHEA and A. Lee Petersen, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Workers' Compensation Board, and Virgil C. Mays, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. McShea, pro se.

A. Lee Petersen, pro per.

Larry D. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee Workers' Compensation Board.

Virgil C. Mays, pro se.

Before BURKE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board and the superior court have both refused to enforce a 33 1/3% contingent-fee agreement between compensation claimant Virgil Mays and attorneys Roger McShea and A. Lee Petersen. We affirm.

I.

After teaching carpentry in the Fairbanks school system for several years, Virgil Mays developed a lung disease and retired in 1978. His permanent total disability claim against the Fairbanks...

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