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HUGHES v. D.C. DEPT. OF EMPLOY. SERVICES

No. 84-264.

498 A.2d 567 (1985)

Robert L. HUGHES, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Mark J. Brice, Carolyn McKenney, and Roger C. Johnson, Washington, D.C., were on brief for petitioner.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief for respondent.

Michael Zimmerman, Washington, D.C., with whom David P. Durbin, Edward J. Lopata, Steven T. Cain, and Kathy S. Tyson, Washington, D.C., were on brief for intervenor.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, MACK and NEWMAN, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Hughes petitions for review of a decision of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) that because his employment was not "principally localized in the District of Columbia" as required by The Workers Compensation Act (WCA), D.C.Code § 36-303(a) (1981),1 his on-the-job injury in Virginia was not compensable under the District of Columbia statute. He contends that the decision is defective...

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