McCormick v. WCAB (City of Philadelphia)

In McCormick v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (City of Philadelphia), 734 A.2d 473 (Pa. Cmwlth.), appeal denied, 561 Pa. 663, 747 A.2d 903 (1999), the Court held that a 1993 amendment to section 314 of the Act, 77 P.S. 651, transferring authority to issue orders related to a claimant's attendance at an independent medical examination from the WCAB to the WCJ, was applicable to a claimant whose injury pre-dated the effective date of the amendment because the change did not affect the claimant's substantive right to benefits.