WRIGHT v. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 05-AA-764.

924 A.2d 284 (2007)

Daniel N. WRIGHT, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent. Potomac Electric Power Company, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Funger, for petitioner.

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

William P. Flanagan, with whom Emily J. Glendinning, McLean, VA, was on the brief, for intervenor.

Before FISHER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


PRYOR, Senior Judge:

This petition comes before us upon the reversal of the decision of the District of Columbia's Office of Hearings and Adjudication granting petitioner Daniel Wright ("Wright") disability benefits based upon a finding that Wright had sustained an accidental injury, in the nature of a psychological injury, under the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act of 1979, D.C.Code §§ 32-1501 et seq. (2001) ("the Act"). Wright argues...

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