Legal Opinion
Clark Construction Group, Inc. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services and John Chavis
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 20, 2015No. 14-AA-464PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
This case asks us to decide whether an employer has the right to request a change of an injured employee’s attending physician under the District of Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation Act (“Workers’ Compensation Act” or “Act”), see D.C.Code §§ 32-1501 to -1545 (2012 RepL). In this case, petitioners Clark Construction Group, Inc. (“Clark Con*201struction”) and Zurich American Insurance Co. (“Zurich”), the employer and insurance carrier, respectively, requested authorization from the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”) to change employee-inter-venor John Chavis’…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- McCray v. McGeeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
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