WASHINGTON HOSP. CENTER v. DOES

No. 97-AA-1107.

744 A.2d 992 (2000)

WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent. Juanita O. Callier, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Sands, Jr., for petitioner.

Elizabeth F. Pignatello for intervenor. Allen J. Lowe, Washington, DC, was on the brief for intervenor.

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

Before TERRY, STEADMAN, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, the Washington Hospital Center ("the Hospital") seeks review of a decision by the Department of Employment Services ("DOES") granting its employee, Juanita Callier, temporary total disability benefits. On May 13, 1990, Ms. Callier, a nurse in the Hospital's burn trauma unit, lifted an obese patient from a prone to a sitting position on the patient's bed. A few weeks...

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