A workers’ compensation judge improperly terminated benefits to a man injured in a fork lift accident on the strength of a doctor’s testimony that the worker’s persisting injuries were unrelated to the accident, the state Supreme Court ruled in Lewis v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Giles & Ransome Inc.), PICS Case 07-0613 (Pa. April 18, 2007) Cappy, C.J.; Baldwin, J., concurring (15 pages), one of two noteworthy workers’ compensation decisions last week.
In Dowhower v. WCAB (Capco Contracting), PICS Case No. 07-0595 (Pa. April 17, 2007) Baldwin, J; Castille, J., dissenting; Eakin, J., dissenting (15 pages), a splintered Supreme Court ruled an employer’s request for an injured worker to submit to an Impairment Rating Evaluation was untimely because it came before the period required by Section 511.2(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act.
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