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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

DCFebruary 5, 2009No. 07-AA-748Cited 3 times

Case Details

Judge(s)
Kramer, Fisher, Schwelb
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Wage Theft

Outcome

The court reversed the Compensation Review Board's decision awarding the employee additional temporary total disability benefits after he had received a schedule award for the same injury, holding that absent extraordinary circumstances like amputation, workers are not entitled to TTD benefits following a schedule award for permanent partial disability from the same injury.

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