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PROTZ v. W.C.A.B. (DERRY AREA SCHOOL DIST.)

No. 6 WAP 2016, No. 7 WAP 2016.

161 A.3d 827 (2017)

Mary Ann PROTZ, Appellant v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (DERRY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT), Appellees. Mary Ann Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District). Appeal of: Derry Area School District.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: June 20, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General, pro se.

Daniel Joel Siegel, Esq. , Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel, L.L.C., for Pennsylvania Association Justice, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Thomas C. Baumann, Esq. , Sandra Weigel Kokal, Esq. , Abes Baumann, P.C., for Protz, Mary Ann, Designated Appellant.

Michael D. Sherman, Esq. , Chartwell Law Offices, LLP, for Pennsylvania Self-Insurers' Association, Appellee Amicus Curiae, and Greater Philadelphia Executive Claims Council, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Amber Marie Kenger, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, for Compensation Appeal Board, Designated Appellee.

Karl Stewart Myers, Esq. , for The Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae, and American Insurance Association, Amicus Curiae.

David Harold Dille, Esq. , Ira L. Podheiser, Esq. , Matthew Austin Meyers, Esq. , Burns White, LLC, for Derry Area School District, Designated Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

Section 306(a.2) of the Workers' Compensation Act allows employers to demand that a claimant undergo an impairment-rating evaluation (IRE), during which a physician must determine the "degree of impairment" that is due to the claimant's compensable injury. See 77 P.S. § 511.2(1...

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