Legal Opinion
Tekle v. Foot Traffic, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 28, 1997No. 96-CV-381PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
Appellant Meklete Tekle filed a complaint in the trial court alleging various intentional torts and negligence against appellees Foot Traffic, Inc., and her coemployee/supervisor and manager of her place of business, Salif Fall. 1 The trial court dismissed her complaint on primary jurisdiction grounds after Foot Traffic argued that the case arose under the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act (“WCA”), D.C.Code §§ 36-301 et seq. (1997). Because we conclude that there is a substantial question whether the WCA applies, we remand this matter to the trial court with…
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