NICHOLS v. W.C.A.B. (RAMSEY CONST.)


713 A.2d 706 (1998)

John NICHOLS, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (RAMSEY CONSTRUCTION and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co.), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Belkin, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

No appearance entered for respondents.

Before COLINS, President Judge, and SMITH, J., and LORD, Senior Judge.


LORD, Senior Judge.

John Nichols, through his counsel (counsel), petitions this Court for review of a Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) order that affirmed a Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) decision insofar as it awarded counsel fees for unreasonable contest on a quantum meruit basis.

Nichols suffered a work-related injury on September 19, 1994. Employer Ramsey Construction accepted liability. In her decision dated January 18, 1996, the WCJ noted...

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