Worker's long-time Attorney Wasn't Entitled to Share in Settlement Obtained by new Counsel

The Commonwealth Court ruled that a claimants' attorney who collected a percentage of the benefits paid to his client for over 26 years before being replaced by another lawyer who was able to settle the client's claim for a lump sum wasn't entitled to take a fee from the lump-sum settlement. Case: Bierman v. WCAB (Philadelphia National Bank), No. 1336 C.D. 2014, 04/01/2015, published. Facts: Dolores Bierman suffered an admittedly compensable injury while working for the Philadelphia National Bank in 1983. The bank paid her total disability compensation for three years, and then f...