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COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS v. COLEMAN

No. 18496.

377 S.E.2d 485 (1988)

The COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. James H. COLEMAN, a Member of the West Virginia State Bar.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Marden, Charleston, Cynthia Santoro Gustke, West Virginia State Bar, for appellant.

Victor A. Barone, Charleston, for appellee.

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This case raises initially the question of whether the workers' compensation statute limiting an attorney's fee is applicable to an award of permanent total disability benefits in such a manner that the accrued benefits are not a separate award from the future benefits. Should we answer that question in the affirmative, the second question raised in this case is whether an attorney is subject to discipline for charging and collecting "an illegal...

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