5 U.S.C. § 8139

Employees of the District of Columbia

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Compensation awarded to an employee of the government of the District of Columbia shall be paid in the manner provided by statute for the payment of the general expenses of the government of the District of Columbia.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1971–1991 · leading case: Dist. of Columbia v. Thompson, 593 A.2d 621 (D.C. 1991).
Dist. of Columbia v. Thompson, 593 A.2d 621 (D.C. 1991). · cites it 2× “See 5 U.S.C. § 8139 (1988). FECA has an exclusivity provision.”
Dist. of Columbia v. Greater Washington Cent. Labor Council, 442 A.2d 110 (D.C. 1982). “Although public employees of the District of Columbia government were protected by a federal workmen’s compensation program at the time of the passage of the Longshoremen’s Act, see 5 U.S.C. § 8139 (1976), no similar program existed for their counterparts in the local private…”
Howard v. Bradshaw & Ona Bradshaw v. United States of Am., Howard v. Bradshaw & Ona Bradshaw v. United States, 443 F.2d 759 (D.C. Cir. 1971). · cites it 2× “V, 1969), and payment to such District employees is made in the same manner as are the general expenses of the District, 5 U.S.C. § 8139 (Supp. V, 1969); see. e. g.”
Dodson v. Washington Auto. Co., 461 A.2d 1020 (D.C. 1983). “It covers certain maritime workers and is administered by the Department of Labor. At the time the Longshoremen’s Act was passed the public employees of the District were protected by a federal workers’ compensation program, 5 U.”
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