Legal Opinion
Lenaerts v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 18, 1988No. 86-830PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This case involves two questions of interpretation of the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act of 1979, D.C.Code §§ 36-301 to -345 (1981 & 1987 Supp.) (“the New Act”). First, may a worker who suffers a “schedule award” disability partial in character but permanent in quality opt to recover the worker’s actual lost wages, § 36-308(a)(3)(V), in lieu of the fixed amount of compensation provided in the act for such disability, § 36-3Q8(a)(3)(A)-(U)? Second, where an injured worker paid on an hourly basis receives a job promotion during the 13-week period over…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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