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This case involves a dispute over attorney fees between former law partners, David Justin Lynch and Laura Diane Crowell, who represented the applicant. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted Lynch's petition for removal, rescinding an order that had taken the matter off calendar pending a Superior Court ruling on fees. The WCAB clarified that the Appeals Board has exclusive jurisdiction over attorney fees as liens in workers' compensation cases. The matter is returned to the trial level for a hearing and decision on the attorney fee issue, and both attorneys are admonished for unprofessional conduct.
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This case involves a dispute over attorney fees between former law partners, David Justin Lynch and Laura Diane Crowell, who represented the applicant. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted Lynch's petition for removal, rescinding an order that had taken the matter off calendar pending a Superior Court ruling on fees. The WCAB clarified that the Appeals Board has exclusive jurisdiction over attorney fees as liens in workers' compensation cases. The matter is returned to the trial level for a hearing and decision on the attorney fee issue, and both attorneys are admonished for unprofessional conduct.
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