Bill Text: NC H26 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Workers' Comp/Approval of Disputed Legal Fees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-20 - Ch. SL 2017-124 [H26 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H26-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
H 3
HOUSE BILL 26
Committee Substitute Favorable 2/15/17
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/13/17
Short Title: Workers' Comp/Approval of Disputed Legal Fees. |
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January 30, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation act regarding the approval of disputed legal fees by the industrial commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 97‑90(f) reads as written:
"(f) The If a dispute
arises between an employee's current and past attorney or attorneys regarding
the division of a fee as approved by the Commission pursuant to this section,
the Commission shall hear and determine any dispute between an
employee's current and past attorney or attorneys regarding the division of a
fee as approved by the Commission pursuant to this section.any dispute
after the Commission has approved the settlement agreement. The Commission
shall give notice to each of the employee's current and past attorneys of
record of the total amount of the approved fee prior to determining how the fee
shall be divided between those attorneys. An attorney who is a an
interested party to an action under this subsection shall have the same
rights of appeal as outlined in subsection (c) of this section."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to claims pending on or after that date.