Legal Opinion
Dell v. Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 30, 1985No. 84-891PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Department of Employment Services denying his claim for workers’ compensation benefits. We find error in the Department’s ruling, and accordingly we reverse.
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Raymond Dell, the petitioner, was working as a bartender at the International Hotel on August 29, 1982, when he was injured on the job. Having gone to a storeroom for some supplies, Dell found himself standing in a puddle of syrup. In trying to extricate himself from the syrup, he slipped and fell, hitting his back and hip against a partition and a refrigerator.
At the time…
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