Court Rejects Another Repetitive Challenge to Constitutionality of IRE Process

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected another repetitive challenge to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. Case: Miles v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 1111 C.D. 2023, 08/16/2024, unpublished. Facts: Thomas Miles worked as a police officer for the City of Philadelphia. He injured his shoulder at work in March 2012. The city accepted liability for the injury. It paid salary-continuation benefits to Miles, followed by temporary total disability benefits. In August 2021, Miles underwent an evaluation by Dr. Lynn Yang, who assigne...