Legal Opinion
Mergentime Perini v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 2002No. 00-AA-1380PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
After paying workers’ compensation benefits to an employee injured on the job, Mergentime Perini and its insurer, Lum-bermens Mutual Casualty Company, sought special fund relief under the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act, arguing that the employee’s injury had combined with a previous physical impairment to cause a substantially greater disability than the employee would have suffered absent the prior impairment.
A hearing examiner of the Department of Employment Services (DOES) agreed, but denied relief because the petitioners had failed to prove that…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lawson v. Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- American Mutual Insurance Company of Boston and Rose Brothers Company v. Willie B. JonesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- The C & P Telephone Company v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Lee v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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