Spatafore & Wheeler, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California; W. G. Nolan Plastering, Inc. ; and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Respondents. Cases 1065], payable to Spatafore & Wheeler. Permanent disability indemnity in accordance with paragraph 3 above, less the sum of $ 5,000. 00 payable to applicant's attorney as the reasonable value of services rendered and commuted per Goler and paid per [Labor Code section] 4903 to Spatafore & Wheeler . . . Spatafore petitioned for reconsideration of the Board's decision, contending that the reasonable value of Spatafore's services is $ 5,000 and that Spatafore should have been afforded a hearing before the WCJ's commutation order was rescinded. Spatafore appended to its petition a detailed summary of its services performed in obtaining the award.

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