In Smith v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, 2009 DJDAR 6715, May 11, 2009, the California Supreme Court decided a case concerning the contours of Labor Code §4607. That statute provides:

“Where a party to a proceeding institutes proceedings to terminate an award made by the appeals board to an applicant for continuing medical treatment and is unsuccessful in such proceedings, the appeals board may determine the amount of attorney’s fees reasonably incurred by the applicant in resisting the proceeding to terminate the medical treatment, and may assess such reasonable attorney’s fees as a cost upon the party instituting the proceedings to terminate the award of the appeals board.”

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