Legal Opinion
Straughn v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 2017No. 16-AA-1091PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLeese, Associate Judge:
Petitioner Katarina Straughn challenges an order denying her claim for workers’ compensation benefits. We vacate and remand for further proceedings.
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The evidence presented to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) was as follows. In September 2014, while working for in-tervenor Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Ms. Straughn hit her right knee against a metal beam. She sought medical treatment at a hospital that day for severe pain in her right knee. Ms. Straughn started seeing Dr. Rida Azer in October 2014 'for treatment of her right-knee pain. Dr.…
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