Rauch v. WCAB (Kids Wear Services, Inc.)

In Rauch v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Kids Wear Services, Inc.), 808 A.2d 291 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2002), appeal denied, 572 Pa. 751, 816 A.2d 1103 (2003), the Court held that a 1996 amendment to section 314 of the Act, allowing employers to compel a claimant to submit to an expert interview, was a procedural modification that could be applied to proceedings on a claimant's 1994 injury because the provision merely provided a means by which employers may secure pertinent information and had no effect on a claimant's substantive right to receive benefits under a particular set of facts.