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· 9/21/1989

Champion International Corp. v. McChesney

Citations

  • 779 P.2d 527
  • 239 Mont. 287
  • 1989 Mont. LEXIS 258

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming the WCC's order requiring the claimant to repay an overpayment of disability benefits, and attorneys fees based on a percentage of those benefits, to the workers' compensation insurer
  • attorney required to make restitution, in part, because of statutorily based contingent fee arrangement
  • since attorney in workers' compensation proceeding was aware that claimant could be required to reimburse employer for overpayment and his fees were based solely on benefits received by claimant, the attorney was required to repay the employer
  • since attorney in workers’ compensation proceeding was aware that claimant could be required to reimburse employer for overpayment and his fees were based solely on benefits received by claimant, the attorney was required to repay the employer
  • since attorney in workers’ compensation proceeding was aware that claimant could be required to reimburse employer for overpayment and his fees were based solely on benefits received by claimant, the attorney was required to repay the employer

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Judges: Weber, Turnage, Sheehy, Mc-Donough, Hunt

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