Yox v. Tru-Rol Co.

WILNER, Judge.

Maryland Code, § 9-711 of the Labor and Employment Article (LE) requires that a claim for workers’ compensation benefits based on “disablement” resulting from an occupational disease be filed within two years after the date (1) of disablement, or (2) when the employee had actual knowledge that the disablement was caused by the employment. The issue before us is what is meant by “disablement” when the *328claim is for occupational deafness pursuant to LE §§ 9-505 and 9-649 through 9-652.

We shall hold that an occupational deafness disablement occurs when the hearing loss is sufficient…