Court Rejects Worker's Constitutional Challenges to Modification of Status

The Commonwealth Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the modification of his disability benefits from total to partial. Case: Dennell v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 77 C.D. 2023, 11/17/2023, unpublished. Facts: Richard Dennell sustained injuries while tackling a suspect in the course of his employment as a police officer with the City of Philadelphia. The city accepted liability for strains and contusions of the low back and left leg. In November 2021, Dr. Lynn Yang reported that Dennell had a 4% impairment raring based on the Sixth Edition of the American Med...