Mosley v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

REILLY, Senior Judge:

In this petition for review of an order of the Department of Employment Services (the agency) denying worker’s compensation to Billy Mosley, an employee injured in an apartment leased to him without rent by his employer, we are urged to reverse such order on the ground that the agency erred in determining that the injury did not arise out of or in the course of employment. See D.C.Code § 36-301(12) (1988 Repl.). We affirm.

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The record shows that Mosley was hired in April of 1987 by Daro Realty, which manages several apartment buildings in the city, as a maintenance porter…