Legal Opinion
Potomac Electric Power Co. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 13, 2003No. 02-AA-1325PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Reversing a ruling in favor of the employer by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DCDOES), and concluding that the medical opinion of Joel Fechter, M.D., an orthopedist retained by claimant Richard Drake’s counsel, was uncontradicted while the assessment by Michael Joly, M.D. the treating physician, was erroneous as a matter of law, the agency’s Director awarded Drake permanent partial disability benefits based on an impairment rating of 32% to the “left lower extremity.” Drake’s employer, Potomac Electric…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- American Mutual Insurance Company of Boston and Rose Brothers Company v. Willie B. JonesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Jadallah v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Stewart v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Washington Post v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Belcon Inc. v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer AuthorityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Caldwell v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Jacqueline Dent v. DOES & Providence Hospital Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. Servs.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017