Legal Opinion
Harris v. District of Columbia Office of Worker's Compensation
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 29, 1995No. 94-AA-1012PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Eugene M. Harris has asked this court to review a decision of a Hearing and Appeals Examiner of the Department of Employment Services (DOES or the agency) holding that an injury which Harris allegedly suffered after the effective date of the Worker’s Compensation Act of 1979, D.C.Code §§ 36-301, et seq. (1993) (the WCA or 1979 Act), was not a new injury but merely a “recurrence” of a pre-Act injury, and therefore non-compensa- ble under the WCA. 1 We conclude, on the basis of the examiner’s evidentiary findings, that Harris suffered a post-Act aggravation of a…
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- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- O'Keeffe v. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Mary R. Wheatley v. Herman Adler, Deputy Commissioner, United States Department of Labor Bureau of Employees' CompensationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- In re L.L.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by55 opinions
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