Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 381

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 21, TITLE 19, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, BY PROVIDING FOR AN ATTORNEY'S FEE FO_R AN INJURED EMPLOYEE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Chapter 21, Title 19, Delaware Code, is amended by adding thereto a new section to read:

§ 2127. Attorney's fees

Subject to approval by the Board, a reasonable attorney's fee, in the amount of 30% of the award or $500., whichever is smaller, may be allowed any employee awarded compensation under Part II of this Title, and taxed as costs against a party.

Approved May 16, 1962.