Legal Opinion
Clarence Edgerton v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and Director, Office of Worker's Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 5, 1991No. 90-1093PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
This case involves a petition for review of an order of the United States Department of Labor Benefits Review Board (“Board”). Petitioner, Clarence Edgerton, an employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”), brought a claim under the workers’ compensation regime of the District of Colum bia (“District”), seeking disability benefits for an alleged work-related injury that he suffered in 1980. Finding that Edgerton’s employment did not fall within the territorial jurisdiction of the District’s workers’ compensation statute, the…
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