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WATTENBARGER v. BOISE CASCADE CORP.

TC 135,549; CA A32736; SC S32364.

717 P.2d 1175 (1986)

300 Or. 12

In the matter of the Compensation of Charles WATTENBARGER, Claimant. Charles Wattenbarger, Petitioner On Review, v. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION, Respondent On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided April 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Alexander, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With him on the petition was Burt, Swanson, Lathen, Alexander & McCann, Salem.

Allan Muir, Portland, argued the cause for respondent on review. With him on the response was Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland.

J. David Kryger, Albany, filed an amicus curiae brief for Oregon Trial Lawyers Ass'n. With him on the brief were Emmons, Kyle, Kropp, Kryger & Alexander, Albany, and Edward J. Harri, Salem.

LINDE, Justice.

Claimant prevailed on his employer's appeal of a referee's order to the Workers' Compensation Board and was awarded $800 as a "reasonable attorney fee."1 Procedures for fixing attorney fees in workers' compensation cases are set out in ORS 656.388 as follows:

"(1) No claim for legal services or for any other services rendered before a referee or the board of the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court shall be valid...

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