WHITFIELD v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEAL BOARD

No. 608 C.D. 2017.

188 A.3d 599 (2018)

Paulette WHITFIELD, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (TENET HEALTH SYSTEM HAHNEMANN LLC), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian R. Steiner , Dresher, for petitioner.

Stephen T. Potako , Philadelphia, for respondent.

BEFORE: HONORABLE MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, President Judge, HONORABLE RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, HONORABLE ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge, HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge, HONORABLE ANNE E. COVEY, Judge, HONORABLE CHRISTINE FIZZANO CANNON, Judge, HONORABLE ELLEN CEISLER, Judge.


In 2015, this Court held the impairment rating evaluation (IRE) provision found in Section 306(a.2) of the Workers' Compensation Act1 (WC Act) was an unconstitutional delegation of legislative powers "insofar as it purports to adopt a new version of the American Medical Association's...

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