Waters Are Roiled After More Post-Protz Court Decisions, Legislation

The workers' compensation waters of Pennsylvania are in full churn after new court rulings have upended the impairment rating process, and legislation that aims to fix the process has left a deep partisan divide in its wake. The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania last week had some employers reeling after it held in Whitfield v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board that some closed cases could now be reopened. Then, late last week, the court remanded two other cases to the workers' compensation court in light of its Whitfield ruling. Also last week, the House Labor and Industry Com...