Employer Gets to Adjust Worker's Disability Status despite Flub in Requesting IRE

The Commonwealth Court ruled that an employer was entitled to automatically change a worker's disability status from total to partial after securing a favorable opinion through the independent medical evaluation process, even though it hadn't technically complied with all the deadlines and filing requirements for getting the IRE done. Case: The Village at Palmerton Assisted Living v. WCAB (Kilgallon), No. 334 C.D. 2014, 06/12/2015, published. Facts: Donna Kilgallon injured her back and knees while working for The Village at Palmerton, an assisted-living facility. She began receiving ...