Legal Opinion
Claim of Rushnek v. Ford Motor Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 1981Published
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 28, 1980 and amended December 19, 1980, which held that the employer was responsible for claimant’s entire hearing loss. Claimant was employed by the Ford Motor Company in 1953. A pre-employment audiogram was administered on July 15,1953 at the direction of the employer and it disclosed a hearing loss *825equivalent to a 13% binaural loss of hearing. On February 1, 1974, claimant retired from his employment at Ford and a subsequent audiometric examination revealed a 23.2% binaural loss of hearing. Thereafter, and on February…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Claim of Stratta v. North American Cement Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- Stratta v. North American Cement Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Claim of McGoldrick v. New York PostAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Claim of Murgalo v. New York Daily NewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977