GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY v. DIST. OF COL. DOES

No. 01-AA-877.

830 A.2d 865 (2003)

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent. Lavern R. Bentt, M.D., Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Brownell, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Leslie D. Oliveri, Lanham, MD, for intervenor.

Robert I. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel at the time the statement was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel at the time the statement was filed, filed a statement in lieu of brief for respondent.

Before SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


BELSON, Senior Judge:

This is not a typical workers' compensation case. In a reversal of usual roles, the petitioning employer seeks a holding that its employee's injury was compensable, while the employee asks that we uphold the decision that she was not entitled to compensation.

This role reversal is due to the exclusivity provision of the Workers' Compensation Act.1 The employee would prefer to go forward with her pending Superior...

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