Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2016

Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District)

Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 22, 2016 · Per Curiam
635 Pa. 198; 133 A.3d 733; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 505; 2016 WL 1118999

Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District)

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 22nd day of March, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Does Section 306(a.2) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act unconstitutionally delegate the State Legislature’s lawmaking authority in violation of Article II, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution by incorporating the most recent edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment ?

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