A judge erred by ruling that an injured worker's claim was not compensable because his employer's principal location was in Maryland, and not the District of Columbia, an appellate court ruled. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals concluded that an injured worker is not precluded by jurisdiction, after determining that a workers' compensation judge and the Compensation Review Board had both misinterpreted prongs of the “localized principally” test. The appellate court noted that the injured plumber, Arthur Shipkey, had worked most of his hours at locations within t...
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