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This case concerns a petition for reconsideration of an attorney's fee award in a workers' compensation matter. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to address the applicant's attorney's request for commutation of the attorney's fee. The Board amended the original award to reflect that the attorney's fee would be a percentage of the commuted value of the applicant's permanent disability award. The matter was returned to the trial level for the WCJ to calculate the commutation of the attorney's fee and determined sanctions were not warranted.
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This case concerns a petition for reconsideration of an attorney's fee award in a workers' compensation matter. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to address the applicant's attorney's request for commutation of the attorney's fee. The Board amended the original award to reflect that the attorney's fee would be a percentage of the commuted value of the applicant's permanent disability award. The matter was returned to the trial level for the WCJ to calculate the commutation of the attorney's fee and determined sanctions were not warranted.
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