Legal Opinion
Downer v. NYNEX
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 30, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardona, P.J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 25, 2006, which ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related injury and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant, who began her employment as a telephone operator in 1970, applied for workers’ compensation benefits in 1995 claiming bilateral hearing loss due to long-term exposure to workplace noise. According to claimant, she suffered hearing loss due to her continued use at work of a headphone set that did not have volume control. At a 1998 hearing, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge…
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