DELL v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 84-891.

499 A.2d 102 (1985)

Raymond DELL, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, International Hotel and Crum & Forster Insurance Company, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Swegman, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Richard B. Nettler, 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 the brief, for respondent.

Jeffrey W. Ochsman, Washington, D.C., for intervenors.

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


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Department of Employment Services denying his claim for workers' compensation benefits. We find error in the Department's ruling, and accordingly we reverse.

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Raymond Dell, the petitioner, was working as a bartender at the International Hotel on August 29, 1982, when he was injured on the job. Having gone to a storeroom for some supplies, Dell found himself standing in a puddle of...

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