Legal Opinion
Nguyen v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 14, 1992No. 91-CV-915PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This case arises out of appellant Le Nguyen’s workers’ compensation claim against George Washington University. In that proceeding Mrs. Nguyen sought compensation for injuries she suffered as a result of inhaling the fumes of a solvent she used in the course of her job. At about the same time, Mrs. Nguyen filed in the Superior Court a product liability action against the manufacturer of the solvent. 1 The university’s insurance carrier paid Mrs. Nguyen $38,620.67 in workers’ compensation benefits and then intervened in her suit against the manufacturer, seeking…
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