Legal Opinion

Baker v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 4, 1992No. 90-AA-1245PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Senior Judge:

Appellant William Baker (“Baker”) was employed as a charter bus driver by Safeway Trails, Inc., a charter bus company. On April 17, 1987, Baker sustained an injury to his lower back when the steering wheel of the bus he was driving locked as he made a tight left turn. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the intervenors’ insurance carrier, voluntarily paid Baker temporary total disability benefits from mid-April through late June 1987. Liberty Mutual suspended payments in late June 1987.

Initially Baker sought treatment from Dr. Harold Goald. Dr. Goald opined that the April…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mary R. Wheatley v. Herman Adler, Deputy Commissioner, United States Department of Labor Bureau of Employees' CompensationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  2. Ferreira v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Dunston v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Ferreira v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Short v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. King v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
  4. Clark v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. Washington Hospital Center v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000

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