BROWN v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 96-AA-15.

700 A.2d 787 (1997)

Bobby BROWN, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith W. Donahoe, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel at the time of briefing, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel filed a statement in lieu of brief, for respondent.

Amy P. Epstein, for intervenor.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and FARRELL, Associate Judge, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


WAGNER, Chief Judge:

Petitioner, Bobby Brown, seeks review of a decision of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) denying him temporary total disability benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act (D.C.Code § 36-301, et seq.) (1981) (Act). He argues that DOES erred in failing to consider employment-related causes for his disability, thereby denying him the benefit of the presumption of compensability. He also contends that...

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