Business groups say they are holding private conversations with Pennsylvania state lawmakers on a legislative remedy to a state Supreme Court decision that blocks impairment rating evaluations.
The so-called Protz ruling removed what defense attorneys say is a powerful tool to cap employers’ exposure on long-term workers’ compensation claims.
The decision was so monumental that it is triggering a “significant” interim loss cost filing scheduled to be released by Aug. 15, the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Board said.
Legislation enacted in 1996 included the im...
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