Legal Opinion
Burge v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 2004No. 02-AA-547PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Petitioner Heidi Burge, a former professional basketball player with the Washington Mystics, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits 1 based on an injury she suffered in August 1998 while playing basketball for the Mystics. In July 2001 an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) held an evidentiary hearing to determine, among other things, whether Ms. Burge’s disability was the result of that injury and whether she was therefore entitled to compensation for lost wages.
About three months later, the ALJ issued a Compensation Order. She found that Ms. Burge had suffered…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Ferreira v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Washington Times v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Spevak v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Children's Defense Fund v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
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