VIEIRA v. DOES

No. 97-AA-132.

721 A.2d 579 (1998)

Maria Da Gloria VIEIRA, Administratrix for the Estate of Carlos A. Vieira, Deceased, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, and Fort Myer Construction Corporation and PMA Group, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack T. Burgess, Fairfax, VA, for petitioner.

Jo Anne Robinson, Interim Corporation Counsel at the time the statement was filed, with whom Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, filed a statement in lieu of a brief, for respondent.

Gerard J. Emig, Rockville, MD, for intervenors.

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


WAGNER, Chief Judge:

Maria Da Gloria Vieira, Administratrix for the Estate of Carlos A. Vieira, deceased, challenges the denial of her claim for Workers' compensation death benefits filed pursuant to the provisions of the D.C. Workers' Compensation Act of 1979, D.C.Code §§ 36-301 et seq., (1997 Repl.) which the Department of Employment Services (DOES) denied on the ground that the decedent's death did not...

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