WILEY v. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 08-AA-625.

984 A.2d 201 (2009)

Robin WILEY, Petitioner v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent Washington Hospital Center, et al., Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Newton, Washington, for petitioner.

Rebekah A. Miller, Washington, was on the brief for petitioner.

William S. Hopkins for intervenors.

Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, and Mary L. Wilson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed a statement in lieu of brief for respondent.

Before WAGNER, TERRY, and KING, Senior Judges.


TERRY, Senior Judge:

In this workers' compensation case, petitioner Robin Wiley challenges a decision by the Department of Employment Services ("DOES") denying her request for temporary total disability benefits for a period of time during which she was absent from work, and for reimbursement of expenses she incurred in consulting a physician who, the DOES determined, was not her authorized treating physician. The precise issue before us is whether substantial evidence...

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