Legal Opinion
Pro-Football, Inc. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 28, 1991No. 89-958PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
In this case we consider the consolidated claims of fourteen 1 former Washington Redskins professional football players for workers’ compensation benefits as a result of injuries sustained in the course of their often heroic but always perilous employment. Pro-Football, Inc., which is the corporate name under which the Redskins trade, has asked us to review a decision by the Director of the Department of Employment Services (DOES) holding that the players’ employment was principally localized in the District of Columbia, and that the players may therefore invoke the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hughes v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Perkins v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Lee v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Eilers v. District of Columbia Bureau of Motor Vehicles ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Bender v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Pro-Football, Inc., D/B/A Washington Redskins, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- Doe v. District of Columbia Commission on Human RightsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Pro-Football, Inc. v. McCantsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2012
- Ramos v. District of Columbia Department of Consumer & Regulatory AffairsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Pro-Football, Inc. v. TupaCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2011
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