Opinion ID: 1843101
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: is lanterman's attorney entitled to a percentage awarded to lanterman on this appeal?

Text: Lanterman has asked this Court to award attorney fees to his attorney of 33 1/2 percent of all amounts which Lanterman may be awarded in this Court or on remand to the Commission. Lanterman's contract with his attorney for services authorizes such an award. As we are ordering the past chiropractic expenses paid, temporary total disability benefits in the amount of $91.00 per week (or $364.00) for the four weeks he received vacation pay, and a refund of $42.50 from the Circuit Clerk of Pearl River County, by contract Lanterman's attorney should receive $121.32 of the award of $364.00 and $14.17 of the $42.50 to be refunded by the circuit clerk. This totals $135.49. The motion for attorney's fees is granted. MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES GRANTED. AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION FOR A DETERMINATION OF THE NECESSITY OF CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT AND THE REASONABLENESS OF CHARGES THEREFOR AND FOR IMPOSITION OF STATUTORY PENALTY AND INTEREST, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH OUR FINDINGS HEREIN. ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, P.JJ., and PRATHER, PITTMAN, BANKS and McRAE, JJ., concur.