WMATA v. DE DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 95-AA-1749.

704 A.2d 295 (1997)

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy L. Epstein, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Edward E. Schwab, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Jo Ann Robinson, Interim Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief for respondent.

Before KING, REID, and EILPERIN, Associate Judges.


EILPERIN, Associate Judge:

This is a petition for review that deals with an issue endemic to workers' compensation statutes—how to deal with the problem of a worker's successive injuries, one incurred on the employer's watch, the other not. More particularly this case raises the question at what point and with what clarity must the employer become aware of the worker's pre-existing injury for the employer to limit his workers' compensation liability—...

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