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Medical reports offered by the claimant to corroborate the testimony of her medical expert were hearsay and were properly excluded from evidence in a termination petition.
The claimant sustained a work-related low back injury from a motor vehicle accident she was involved in while travelli
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A claimant who raises a Protz challenge to a pre-Protz IRE on the basis that the IRE was unconstitutional is entitled to a reinstatement of temporary total disability benefits as of the date the reinstatement petition is filed and not the date of the IRE.
Following the claimant’s January 2005 work injury, she underwent an Impairment Rating Evaluation in December 2013.
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Commonwealth Court holds that Act 111, which implemented the new IRE provisions under § 306(a.3) of the Act, was not a substantive change of the law and could not be applied retroactively, absent a clear legislative intent to do so.
In this case, at the time of Act 111’s enactment in October of 2018, the employer had pending an appeal of a judge’s d
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In psychiatric injury claim, Board denies claimant’s DCD petition, finding she failed to meet burden of proof as there was no objective evidence that her work environment was actually stressful or caused her anxiety and depression.
The claimant filed a Petition to Determine Compensation Due, alleging a work injury in the nature of depression and anxiety caused by a stressful work environment with a man
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Court finds that the judge’s findings were supported by competent, substantial evidence and, therefore, affirmed the judge’s order denying the employer’s misrepresentation defense.
The employer appealed the judge’s order denying their misrepresentation defense.
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Appellate Division finds that a Judge of Compensation has statutory authority to enter an order requiring petitioner and petitioner’s counsel to repay a workers’ compensation award which the Division subsequently overturned.
In this per curiam decision, the Appellate Division found that a Judge of Compensation has the necessary jurisdiction to enter an order requiring the petitioner and h
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