· 9/26/2002
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
Citations
- 806 A.2d 1214
- 2002 D.C. App. LEXIS 534
- 2002 WL 31119049
How courts have described this case
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- noting that a doctor’s “extensive diagnosis, which provided a detailed explanation supporting his conclusions” was sufficient to rebut the presumption of compensability
- noting that a doctor‟s “extensive diagnosis, which provided a detailed explanation supporting his conclusions” was sufficient to rebut the presumption of compensability
- noting that principles of unjust enrichment can apply where “the injured employee has been otherwise compensated for the same injury”
- reversing Director’s determination that an opinion of art.independent medical examiner retained by the employer did not overcome the presumption of compensability
- the employer’s evidence must be “specific and comprehensive enough to sever the potential connection between the disability and the work-related event.”
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Judges: Farrell, Ruiz, Glickman
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