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GOBA v. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 07-AA-597.

960 A.2d 591 (2008)

Mulatua GOBA, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent, and Au Bon Pain Company, Inc. and Wausau Insurance Company, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin T. Boscolo, Greenbelt, MD, for petitioner.

Mary T. Connelly, Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom Linda Singer, Attorney General for the District of Columbia at the time the brief was filed, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General for the District of Columbia, and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for respondent.

Donald P. Maiberger argued the case and Anita U. Ajenifuja filed a brief, for intervenors.

Before RUIZ, GLICKMAN, and FISHER, Associate Judges.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Petitioner Mulatua Goba seeks review of a decision by the Compensation Review Board ("CRB") of the Department of Employment Services ("DOES") denying her request for an award of attorney's fees she incurred in connection with her worker's compensation claim. Because Goba did not meet the statutory criteria for a fee award, we affirm.

Goba suffered temporarily disabling head and neck injuries when a set of pots fell on her while she...

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