Eric Daly v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services and RJ Reynolds

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Petitioner Eric Daly challenges the Compensation Review Board’s (“CRB”) decision affirming the denial of his request for a twenty-percent penalty to be levied on intervenors RJ Reynolds and ACE ESIS, Inc. (“ACE”), the employer and insurer, respectively. Daly claims that a penalty is warranted because intervenors failed to pay him the amount owed within ten days after it became due as required by the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act (“Workers’ Compensation Act” or “Act”). See D.C.Code § 32-1515(f) (2012 Repl.) (“If any compensation ... is not…