The Supreme Court of New Hampshire ruled that an attorney who is statutorily owed attorney's fees but has to spend time litigating in order to receive them is also owed payment for the additional litigation work.
Case: In re appeal of Desmarais, No. 2016-0224, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 06/16/2017, published.
Facts and procedural history: Beverly Desmairais was injured at work at AMI Graphics. The company's insurance carrier took her to court over the compensability of the injury, and she prevailed. Afterward, she requested that the carrier, Utica National Insura...
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