Max Attorney Fee Increasing by 4.57%
Monday, June 11, 2018 | 0
Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division announced that attorney fees will increase by 4.57% to account for an increase in the state’s average weekly wage.
The division adjusts the maximum attorney fee only in years when the average weekly wage increases. Last year, the division announced that the maximum attorney fee would remain at $4,225 because the average weekly wage actually dropped between 2016 and 2017.
With wages on the rise, the division said the maximum attorney fee will increase to $4,418 for cases in which an attorney successfully challenges unreasonable denials, unreasonable refusals to pay benefits or unreasonable delays in accepting or denying claims.
The revised maximum attorney fee applies to awards issued between July 1 and June 30, 2019.
The WCD’s Bulletin No. 1 announcing the changes is here.
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