§ 11-9-715. Fees for legal services
(a) (1) (A) Fees for legal services rendered in respect of a claim shall not be valid unless approved by the Workers’ Compensation Commission. (B) Attorney’s fees shall be twenty-five percent (25%) of compensation for indemnity benefits payable to the injured employee or dependents of a deceased employee. Attorney’s fees shall not be awarded on […]
§ 11-9-716. Lump-sum attorney’s fees
(a) The Workers’ Compensation Commission is authorized to approve lump-sum attorney’s fees for legal services rendered in respect of a claim before the commission. (b) The lump-sum attorney’s fees are allowable notwithstanding that the award of compensation to the injured employee is to be paid on an installment basis. (c) Lump-sum attorney’s fees, if approved […]
§ 11-9-717. Attorney’s signature
(a) (1) (A) Every claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, and other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one (1) attorney of record in his or her individual name, whose address shall be stated. (B) A […]
§ 11-9-801. Methods of payment
(a) Compensation shall be paid by check, by electronic funds transfer, or by state warrant. (b) Payment shall be made payable to the order of the person entitled to the compensation and paid directly to the person entitled to the compensation. (c) If the compensation beneficiary is a mental incompetent or a minor of tender […]
§ 11-9-703. Preliminary conference procedure
The Workers’ Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to promulgate appropriate rules to establish and implement, for claims with respect to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 1987, a preliminary conference procedure designed to accomplish the following objectives: (1) To provide the claimant an opportunity to confer with a legal advisor on the staff […]
§ 11-9-704. Proceedings on claims
(a) Notice. Within ten (10) days after a claim for compensation has been filed, the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall notify the employer and any other interested person of the filing of the claim. (b) Investigation — Hearing. (1) The commission shall make or cause to be made such investigation as it considers necessary in respect […]
§ 11-9-522. Compensation for disability — Unscheduled permanent partial disability
(a) A permanent partial disability not scheduled in § 11-9-521 shall be apportioned to the body as a whole, which shall have a value of four hundred fifty (450) weeks, and there shall be paid compensation to the injured employee for the proportionate loss of use of the body as a whole resulting from the […]
§ 11-9-705. Nature of proceedings generally
(a) Conduct of Hearing or Inquiry. (1) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a hearing, the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall not be bound by technical or statutory rules of evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedure, except as provided by this chapter, but may make such investigation or inquiry, or conduct […]
§ 11-9-523. Compensation for disability — Hernia
(a) In all cases of claims for hernia, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Workers’ Compensation Commission: (1) That the occurrence of the hernia immediately followed as the result of sudden effort, severe strain, or the application of force directly to the abdominal wall; (2) That there was severe pain in the […]
§ 11-9-706. Conduct of proceedings — Contempt
(a) The Workers’ Compensation Commission shall have the power to preserve and enforce order during any proceeding had before it, to issue subpoenas for and administer oaths to and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence. (b) If any person or party in proceedings […]