WHITE v. W.C.A.B. (DENNY)


167 Pa.Commw. 429 (1994)

648 A.2d 361

Bernard H. WHITE, Esq., Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (Carl DENNY, Rosemont Porsche Audi, Inc., Security Insurance Company and Harleysville Insurance Company), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard H. White, petitioner, in pro. per.

No appearance for respondents.

Before DOYLE and NEWMAN, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


DOYLE, Judge.

This is an unusual appeal in a workers compensation case which presents an issue regarding the proper fee to be paid to a claimant's first attorney where that attorney voluntarily withdraws his representation and is replaced by succeeding counsel, all with the complete approval of the claimant, the referee, and the claimant's second attorney.

The essential underlying facts reveal that Carl Denny (Claimant) sustained a lower back injury while...

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