Legal Opinion
Simpson v. District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 1, 1991No. 90-49PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
This appeal concerns the discharge of appellant Charlottie Simpson from her employment with Koba Associates, Inc. (Koba) almost eleven years ago. 1 At the time of her dismissal, Ms. Simpson was responsible for looking after her seriously ill father, seventy-six years of age, who was residing with her. According to Ms. Simpson, her father was unable to feed, dress, or otherwise care for himself because he was partially paralyzed from a stroke, blind in one eye, partially blind in the other, and afflicted with diabetes. The substantive question presented is whether, and…
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