CAPITOL HILL HOSP. v. DOES

No. 97-AA-1807.

726 A.2d 682 (1999)

CAPITOL HILL HOSPITAL, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, and Ryvette Richardson-Smith, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Sands, Jr., Alexandria, VA, with whom John C. Duncan, III was on the brief, for petitioner.

Jo Anne Robinson, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, filed a statement in lieu of brief for respondent.

David M. Schloss, Washington, DC, for intervenors.

Before FARRELL and REID, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

The issue presented in this case is whether the one year time limit set forth in D.C.Code § 36-324(a) bars intervenor Ryvette Richardson-Smith's claim for a schedule award of permanent partial disability benefits under the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act. A hearing examiner for the Department of Employment Services ("DOES") concluded that § 36-324(a) (1997) was inapplicable to her claim, and thus, the claim was not time...

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