Rocktaschel v. Commonwealth, 152 A.3d 984 (Pa. 2016). · Go Syfert
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“the complete loss of a hand, for instance, is equivalent to 90 upper-extremity impairment, while the complete loss of an upper extremity is equivalent to 60 whole-person impairment.”
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Strongest positive: Sicilia, V. v. API Roofers Adv. Program (WCAB) (pa, 2024-07-17)
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examined Cited as authority (quoted) Sicilia, V. v. API Roofers Adv. Program (WCAB) (4×) also: Cited "see"
Pa. · 2024 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
the complete loss of a hand, for instance, is equivalent to 90 upper-extremity impairment, while the complete loss of an upper extremity is equivalent to 60 whole-person impairment.
cited Cited as authority (rule) G. Smith v. Atria Mgmt. Co., LLC v. (WCAB)
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2026 · confidence medium
Appeal Bd. (Trola-Dyne, Inc.), 152 A.3d 984, 987 (Pa. 2017)).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Del Val Home Improvements v. J. Gaw (WCAB) (3×)
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
Likewise, we affirmed the Board’s reversal, opining “that the focus of an IRE is on the state of the claimant and the compensable injury, as described in NCP at the time the IRE is performed.” Duffey v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Trola- Dyne, Inc.), 119 A.3d 445, 451 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2015) (Duffey I), reversed, Duffey II, 152 A.3d at 996 (emphasis in original).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) City of Philadelphia v. L. Turner (WCAB)
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
The IRE provisions of former Section 306(a.2) that are pertinent to this appeal were reenacted in Section 306(a.3) without substantial modification. 8 claimant’s whole-person impairment rating, did not specifically consider the claimant’s reported psychological conditions of adjustment disorder, depressed mood, and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. 152 A.3d at 985, 987 .
examined Cited as authority (rule) Sicilia, V. v. API Roofers Adv. Program (WCAB) (3×)
Pa. · 2024 · confidence medium
Duffey, 152 A.3d at 988 (stating “[w]e find the outcome of this case to be controlled by straightforward statutory interpretation”).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Sicilia, V. v. API Roofers Adv. Program (WCAB) (5×)
Pa. · 2024 · confidence medium
Stated another way, this Court held that, when performing an IRE, IRE “physician-[evaluators] must exercise independent professional judgment to make a whole-body assessment of the degree of impairment due to the compensable injury . . . , which discernment cannot be withheld on the basis that the [IRE] physician-[evaluator] believes the undertaking is a more limited one.” Id. at 996 (internal citation and quotation marks omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) V. Sicilia v. API Roofers Advantage Program (WCAB)
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Duffey II, 152 A.3d at 998-99 (Wecht, J., dissenting).
cited Cited as authority (rule) D. Cutter v. Com. of PA (WCAB)
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Appeal Bd. (Trola-dyne, Inc.), 152 A.3d 984, 989 (Pa. 2017).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) PA AFL-CIO, by its Trustees ad litem v. Com. of PA
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Appeal Bd. (Trola-dyne, Inc.), 152 A.3d 984, 990-91 (Pa. 2017) (holding that, in performing an IRE, a physician must apply professional judgment to assess conditions that could be fairly attributable to a compensable injury and the failure to exercise that judgment may render the IRE invalid).
cited Cited "see" J.T. Tedesco v. Kane Freight Lines, Inc. (WCAB)
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2023 · signal: see · confidence high
See Duffey II, 152 A.3d at 989 - 91.
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Kevin D. ROCKTASCHEL
v.
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania
No. 5 MAP 2016.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec 28, 2016.
152 A.3d 984

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 28th day of December, 2016, the order of the Commonwealth Court is hereby AFFIRMED.