Penalties by Office of Risk Management Not Subject to Review by Office of Administrative Hearings

The District of Columbia’s highest court ruled that the Office of Administrative Hearings lacks authority to review penalty calculations by the Office of Risk Management. Luigi Buitrago injured his back in 2006 while working for the District of Columbia’s Department of Public Health. He received temporary total disability payments intermittently over the next decade during periods when he was unable to work. In 2017, Buitrago sought another reinstatement of his benefits. An administrative law judge determined that Buitrago was entitled to both retroactive and prospective ben...