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COLBERT v. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SERVS.

No. 06-AA-323.

933 A.2d 817 (2007)

Sonya COLBERT, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, and Jewish Social Service Agency, et al., Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Larson, Greenbelt, MD, with whom Richard S. Basile was on the brief, for petitioner.

Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General for the District of Columbia at the time the statement was filed, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Solicitor General, filed a statement in lieu of brief for respondent.

Francis H. Foley for intervenors.

Before KRAMER and FISHER, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

FISHER, Associate Judge:

After she was injured in an automobile accident, Sonya Colbert received workers' compensation benefits. She also sued the driver of the other car, agreed to submit that dispute to arbitration, and received an award of $87,500 in damages. An Administrative Law Judge later held that Ms. Colbert had compromised her third party claim without her employer's authorization and therefore was barred from receiving further workers' compensation benefits...

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