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Case Name Boxer, Elkind and Gerson v. WCAB
Date 09/01/1998
Note No grossly disproportionate attorney's fees in disability cases of similar complexity.
Citation 63 CCC 1156
WCC Citation WCC 27121998 CA
Boxer, Elkind and Gerson, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Galaxy Lighting, Inc. , Northbrook Property and Casualty Insurance Company, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, State of California/Subsequent Injuries Fund, Donna Cansino, Respondents. They claimed that the WCJ erred in relying on Goler v. W&J Sloane Co. (1979) 44 Cal. Cases 1065 (WCAB en banc), due to the fact that the present case was above average complexity, legitimating a higher award of attorney's fees. Cases 1065 (WCAB en banc), which the WCJ found was not overruled by Pilkenton and Tomlinson. The WCAB denied reconsideration of the matter, for the reasons proffered in the WCJ's report, which the WCAB adopted without further comment.

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