SPECIAL INDEM. FUND v. FLAGG

No. 77818.

849 P.2d 395 (1993)

SPECIAL INDEMNITY FUND, Petitioner, v. Ava FLAGG, and the Workers' Compensation Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Nicholas, Jr., and David Custar, State Insurance Fund, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Jack G. Zurawik, Tulsa, for respondents.


HODGES, Chief Justice.

The sole issue in this case is whether the Workers' Compensation Court erred in awarding attorney fees of $17,300.00 based on a five-year award of $173.00 per week against the Special Indemnity Fund (Fund). We find that the Workers' Compensation Court did err.

On May 19, 1988, Ava B. Flagg (claimant) sustained a work-related injury and was awarded workers' compensation benefits. In May 1990, the claimant sought

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