Worker With Total Disability From Injury to Schedule Member Can Still Get Wage-Loss Award

The District of Columbia’s highest court ruled that a worker who proves permanent total disability can receive wage-loss benefits even if the situs of his disability is a schedule member. Burnice Stackhouse worked for the District of Columbia Department of Public Works. He injured his right ankle in 1993 and began receiving temporary disability benefits from the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Program. In 2020, the Office of Risk Management informed Stackhouse that he was approaching the 500-week statutory cap on temporary disability benefits. Stackhouse was ...