General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 293
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1147
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 293
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1147
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND LEGAL FEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that in any case in which an employer or workers' compensation insurer contests an employee's claim and that claim is resolved in the favor of such employer or workers' compensation insurer, the attorney representing the employer or workers' compensation insurer shall receive twenty per cent of any sum reimbursed to the insurance company that paid the employee's medical benefit pending resolution of the employee's claim.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure fair compensation for lawyers involved in litigating workers' compensation claims.