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New York Workers' Compensation Law Section 24 - Costs And Fees.Legal Research Home > New York Lawyer > Workers' Compensation > New York Workers' Compensation Law Section 24 - Costs And Fees.
§ 24. Costs and fees. If the court before which any proceedings for
compensation or concerning an award of compensation have been brought,
under this chapter, determine that such proceedings have not been so
brought upon reasonable ground, it shall assess the cost of the
proceedings upon the party who has so brought them. Claims of attorneys
and counselors-at-law for legal services in connection with any claim
arising under this chapter, and claims for services or treatment
rendered or supplies furnished pursuant to subdivision (b) of section
thirteen of this chapter, shall not be enforceable unless approved by
the board. If so approved, such claim or claims shall become a lien upon
the compensation awarded, and upon any moneys ordered paid under an
award by the board into the special funds provided for in section
fifteen, subdivision nine, and section twenty-five-a, and any other
section of this chapter, but shall be paid therefrom only in the manner
fixed by the board. Any other person, firm or corporation who shall
exact or receive fee or gratuity for any services rendered on behalf of
a claimant except in an amount determined by the board, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. Any person, firm or corporation who shall solicit the
business of appearing before the board on behalf of a claimant, or who
shall make it a business to solicit employment for a lawyer in
connection with any claim for compensation under this chapter shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. In case an award is affirmed upon an appeal to
the appellate division, the same shall be payable with interest thereon
from the date when said award was made by the board except as provided
in section twenty-seven of this chapter.
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