Legal Opinion
DeShazo v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 17, 1994No. 92-AA-988PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Petitioner was injured while working for intervenor, his part-time employer. He applied for workers’ compensation. See District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act, D.C.Code §§ 36-301 to -345 (1993). After a hearing, the Department of Employment Services (DOES) Hearings and Appeals Examiner awarded petitioner temporary total and permanent partial disability benefits. The Examiner applied the principle of “wage stacking” — i.e., he combined petitioner’s wages from his full-time and part-time jobs— in calculating the “average weekly wage” used to compute petitioner’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hughes v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Joyner v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- MCM Parking Co. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- O'CONNELL v. Maryland Steel Erectors, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Long v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Harris v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Jacqueline Dent v. DOES/Providence Hospital Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017
- Morrison v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- M.C. DEAN, INC. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, & ANTHONY LAWSON, IntervenorDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016
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