Rauch v. Workers Compensation Appeal Board

Kathleen Rauch petitions for review of an order of the Workers Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reversed an order of a Workers Compensation Judge (WCJ) that had denied the petition of Kids Wear Services, Inc. (Employer) for Rauch to submit to an expert interview pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Workers Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. 651(a). The question that Rauch presents in this appeal is whether the Board incorrectly held that amendments by the Act of June 24, 1996, P.L. 350 (Act 57), to Section 306(b)(2) of the Act, 77 P.S. 512(2), and to Section 314(a) could be retroactively applied to Rauchs work-related injuries sustained on August 14, 1994, which predates Act 57.