Title: IN RE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ATTORNEY FEES ON CERTIORARI.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: C8-84-1051
State: Minnesota
Issuer: Minnesota Supreme Court
Date: November 27, 2002

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT C8-84-1051 IN RE WORKERS' COMPENSATION O R D E R ATTORNEY FEES ON CERTIORARI Where upon review on certiorari of a decision or order of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, an award of compensation is affirmed, or modified and affirmed, or an order disallowing compensation is reversed, the Supreme Court may allow reasonable attorney fees incident to the review. The allowance of reasonable attorney fees is made a part of the judgment order. Minn. Stat. § 176.511, subd. 5 (2002). The amounts allowed under the statute by this court have not been adjusted since 1988 and shall now be increased. Based upon all the files, records and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that $1,200 in attorney fees shall be allowed where briefs are filed and the matter is considered on the en banc nonoral calendar and $1,600 in attorney fees shall be allowed where briefs are filed and the matter is considered on the en banc oral calendar. This fee schedule shall be effective January 1, 2003, on all appeals filed thereafter. Dated: November 20, 2002 BY THE COURT: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent: .5in">/s/Kathleen A. Blatz Chief Justice