Neil K. Dietrich v. District Columbia

Petitioner, Janet Clark, seeks review of a decision of the Department of Employment Services ("DOES") denying her claim for compensation benefits under the District of Columbia Workers Compensation Act of 1979, D.C. Code §§ 36-301 et seq. (1997). Clark suffered the injuries that disabled her from work when an unknown assailant shot her for unknown reasons in the parking lot of her employer, Intervenor BMA Capitol Hill. A DOES hearing examiner concluded after an evidentiary hearing that Clarks injuries did not arise out of her employment, and ordered that her claim for relief be denied. The Director of DOES affirmed that order.