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Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 6/6/2018

Whitfield v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

Citations

  • 188 A.3d 599

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  • stating that this approach “does not alter [the claimant’s] past status. Rather, it gives effect to [her] status as it existed at the time she filed her reinstatement petition”
  • “Because [c]laimant filed her [p]etition within three years from the date of her last payment of compensation as permitted by [section 413(a
  • “[I]n order to be entitled to reinstatement, a claimant must testify that her work-related injury continues, and the WCJ must credit that testimony over any evidence that an employer presents to the contrary.”
  • addition of the IRE process to the WC Act “provided another method of changing a claimant’s disability status from total to partial disability . . . , without regard to any change in a claimant’s earning power”
  • addition of the IRE process to the [Act] “provided another method of changing a claimant’s disability status from total to partial disability . . ., without regard to any change in a claimant’s earning (Footnote continued on next page…
  • “because a claimant either still receiving or recently receiving benefits may seek modification, so long as 10 the petition is filed within three years of the date of the most recent payment of compensation, it does not upset an employer’s expectation of finality”

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