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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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