WMATA v. DIST. OF COL. DOES

Nos. 84-1674, 84-1727.

506 A.2d 1127 (1986)

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent. Charles Dorchy and Frank Winchester, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Zimmerman, with whom Bruce D. White, Fairfax, Va., was on brief, for petitioner.

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

Mark J. Brice, with whom Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Carolyn McKenney, Roger C. Johnson and Patrick M. Regan, Landover, Md., were on brief, for intervenor Charles Dorchy.

Peter J. Vangsnes, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Frank Winchester.

Before MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) appeals from decisions of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) awarding workers' compensation benefits to Charles Dorchy and Frank Winchester. WMATA urges here, as it did before DOES, that the statutory term "accidental injury," D.C.Code § 36-301 (12) (1981 & 1985 Supp.), one of the bases for eligibility for compensation coverage, refers only to an injury...

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