Legal Opinion
MCM Parking Co. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 24, 1986No. 85-830PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
This appeal involves what is known as “wage stacking.” The sole issue on appeal is whether the District of Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA), D.C.Code §§ 36-301 et seq. (1981), permits the Department of Employment Services (Department) to take into account, in computing benefits awarded under the WCA, not only income earned from the employer whose work occasioned the injury, but also income from another job the injured worker concurrently held. The Department determined that the WCA permits “wage stacking,” i.e., taking into account such concurrently earned…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hughes v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Thomas v. District of Columbia Department of LaborDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Gomillion v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Crowner v. Baltimore United Butchers Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Weaver Bros. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Smith v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Oubre v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Grillo v. National Bank of WashingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Thomas v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Gunty v. Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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