The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected an injured municipal employee’s constitutional challenges to the state's new impairment rating process.
Case: Epps v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 835 C.D. 2023, 07/08/2024, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Michelle Epps worked for the City of Philadelphia. She injured he knee at work in January 2010. The city accepted liability for the injury and paid salary continuation benefits under the Heart and Lung Act.
After her salary continuation benefits expired, the city began paying temporary total disability benefits.
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