Bryan Nelson voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this Amendment.
Title: Amendments to Attorney Fee Cap in Workers Compensation Lawsuits
Vote to adopt an amendment to HB 903 that substitutes the entire text of the bill and replaces the existing attorney fee schedule for workers' compensation lawsuits with a new schedule with additional provisions related to costs incurred by employers and insurance carriers.
- Eliminates the ability of a judge of compensation claims to approve attorney fees in workers' compensation lawsuits outside of the contingency fee schedule as long as the judge determines the fee to be "reasonable," and requires all attorney fees be awarded according to the contingency fee schedule specified below (Sec. 3). - Replaces the existing contingency fee schedule as follows (Sec. 3):
Title: Amendments to Attorney Fee Cap in Workers Compensation Lawsuits