Claimant Attorneys Closely Watching Rehearing of Appeals Case on Fees

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals is reconsidering its ruling in July that claimants' attorneys who collected a fee after settling a workers' compensation case may not collect both that fee and a separate fee for their work in a third-party civil action stemming from the same injury. The court heard oral arguments last week in a rehearing of Barney v. Bell, in which the court ruled in July that claimant Arthur Barney’s attorneys could not charge him both attorneys’ fees and a 50% fee for a settlement with a third-party tortfeasor. Birmingham attorney David Nomberg said T...