Legal Opinion

Ferreira v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 5, 1995No. 94-AA-26PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:

Petitioner, Maria Ferreira, a waitress and assistant equipment manager at B & B Caterers, filed a workers’ compensation claim under the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act, D.C.Code §§ 36-301 et seq. (1993 Repl.), claiming that she sustained a disabling injury in the course of her employment with B & B Caterers. The Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) denied her claim for workers’ compensation and found that the worsening of her degenerative cervical and lumbar disk disease was due to the natural progression of a degenerative disease rather than from…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ferreira v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. William David Hensley v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  3. Spartin v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. Cruz v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  5. Baker v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Georgetown University Hospital v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. Clark v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. Washington Hospital Center v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
  4. Fair Care Foundation, A.G. v. District of Columbia Department of Insurance & Securities RegulationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Georgetown University v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003

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