OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Justice.
The only issue raised in this workers' compensation appeal is whether a new provision in T.C.A. § 50-6-229(a) should be given retrospective application. A 1992 amendment to that statute permits the trial court to commute attorney fees in a workers' compensation case to payment in a lump sum, even though the disability award to the injured worker is not commuted.
This amendment was passed on May 5, 1992, as...
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