Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker Who Fell at Construction Site

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a former construction worker for injuries to his neck and back from an on-the-job fall. Case: Clark Construction Group v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, No. 16-AA-751, 07/13/2017, published. Facts: Darrell Banks worked for Clark Construction as a pile driver. He injured himself at work in March 2013 after slipping on wet clay and landing on what he described as a “boulder-like dirt hump.” Banks sought treatment at a Clark clinic and initially complain...