The District of Columbia’s highest court rejected an attorney’s attempt to increase the compensation owed to him for injuries that left him paraplegic.
Case: Schwechter v. District of Columbia DOES, No. 22-AA-7, 01/05/2023, published.
Facts and procedural history: Melvin Schwechter was an attorney with the law firm of Baker & Hostetler. Schwechter was severely injured in a bicycle accident at a partners' retreat held by the firm in 2017. The accident left him paraplegic.
Schwechter filed a workers’ compensation claim, which an administrative law judge denied o...
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