Legal Opinion
Ross v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 29, 2015No. 13-AA-200PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Senior Judge:
Petitioner Cassandra Ross appeals the 2013 decision of the Compensation Review Board (“CRB”) terminating the disability benefits that she had received for over a decade on the basis that her injury had resolved. We reverse and remand for consideration of the agency-employer’s request to terminate benefits, under the proper standard: one that imposes the ultimate burden on the employer after a burden-shifting analytical framework.
I. Facts
Petitioner suffered back and leg injuries in 1994 while working as a physician’s assistant for the District of Columbia Department of…
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