Court: Commission Must Reconsider Attorney Fee Arguments

The Industrial Commission must reconsider a law firm's restitutionary arguments for $18,970 in attorney fees, an Ohio appellate court ruled.The 10th District Court of Appeals granted a law firm's petition for a writ of mandate in the case of State ex rel. Bashein & Bashein Co. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, No. 10AP-642, 10/6/11, published.The controversy arose after Fred Berchtold hired the firm of Bashein & Bashein Co. to represent him in two workers' compensation claims for back injuries. Berchtold signed two contingency fee agreements stating that the law firm would ...