City of Albany v. Cary

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that claimant has a compensable occupational disease of the inner ear, encompassing a perilymphatic fistula and unilateral hyperactive labyrinthitis. Employer contends that claimant’s condition is properly analyzed as an injury and that the claim should be denied as untimely. If the claim is analyzed as an occupational disease, then employer challenges the board’s determination that the claim was both timely and compensable. Claimant has filed a cross-petition, asserting that the board did not adequately explain its…