Legal Opinion
Ronald L. Hall and Laura Hall v. C & P Telephone Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 24, 1986No. 84-5897PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge:
We review the dismissal for want of subject matter jurisdiction of appellants’ suit for, inter alia, intentional infliction of emotional distress and bad-faith refusal to make timely workers’ compensation benefits payments. In issuing its judgment the District Court deferred to the view of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that such tort suits were precluded by the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act of 1928, 36 D.C.Code § 501 et seq. (1973) (repealed) (the D.C. Compensation Act). 1 By its terms the D.C. Compensation Act merely applies…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Pernell v. Southall RealtySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Eleanor T. Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Texas Employers' Insurance Association v. Leroy JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Rayful Edmond, IIICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Paul Burke v. Air Serv International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
- District of Columbia Retirement Board v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987
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