Legal Opinion
Mushroom Transportation v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 17, 1997No. 95-AA-730PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Associate Judge:
In this petition we are asked to reject an interpretation of ambiguous language in the Workers’ Compensation Act 1 (“Act”) in a provision relating to the reduction of workers’ compensation benefits when the employee receives other benefits from certain other sources. Because this ease reaches us through the default provisions of D.C.Code § 36 — 322(b) (1997 Repl.), 2 and because the construction of the statutory provision by the Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) hearing examiner is inadequate to serve our purposes, we remand the case to the agency for an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Murphy v. McCloudDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Smith v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Harris v. District of Columbia Office of Worker's CompensationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Coumaris v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
3Cited by21 opinions
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- Nathalia L. Brown v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services and Potomac Electrical Power CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014
- Lincoln Hockey LLC v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
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