MORRISON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DOES

No. 97-AA-1293.

736 A.2d 223 (1999)

William MORRISON, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, Washington Hospital Center, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Swegman, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

John C. Duncan, III, Alexandria, VA, for intervenor.

Jo Anne Robinson, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, filed a Statement in Lieu of Brief for respondent.

Before TERRY and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether an injured worker may receive benefits for more than one disability resulting from the same injury. In this case, petitioner, an X-ray technician, was injured while lifting a patient out of a wheelchair. As a result of this injury, he was unable to return to his full-duty position at Washington Hospital Center, and subsequently obtained a light-duty X-ray technician position with a different employer...

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