Court Rejects Repetitive Constitutional Challenges to IRE Process

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected yet another constitutional challenge to the state's new impairment rating evaluation procedure. Case: Perilli v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 1110 C.D. 2023, 08/01/2024, unpublished. Facts: John Perilli worked for the City of Philadelphia. He suffered injuries at work in September 2016. The city accepted liability for Perilli’s injuries and began paying benefits. Perilli returned to work in September 2019, and the city suspended his benefits. Perilli then underwent an impairment rating evaluation by Dr. Brian Walsh. Walsh assig...