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Case Name | Drasin & Assoc. v. WCAB | |
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Date | 02/28/1992 | |
Note | WCAB should request counsel for info to determine fee if record lacks basis to value services. | |
Citation | 3 Cal.App.4th 1564, 57 CCC 142 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 26841992 CA |
On June 13, 1984, based on stipulations of the parties, applicant was awarded $9,105 in retroactive temporary disability indemnity and applicant's counsel, Kessler & Drasin, was awarded a fee of $1,300. 71. Lawrence Drasin and other attorneys from Kessler & Drasin and its successor firms fn. The WCJ awarded attorney fees of $500 to Ms. Itatani and $3,500 to Mr. Drasin, payable from permanent disability indemnity. Mr. Drasin also argued that, even if the permanent disability indemnity were not increased on reconsideration, $10,000 in attorney fees would be appropriate. Kessler & Drasin became Drasin, Sparagna, Polan, Kessler & McNulty, and then Drasin, Sparagna, Polan & Sparagna. The firm later became Drasin & Polan and is now Lawrence Drasin & Associates.
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