Legal Opinion
Orville Lambdin v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 2015No. W2013-01597-SC-WCO-WCPublishedCited by 11 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which Sharon G. Lee, C.J., and Cornelia A. Clark, Jeffrey S. Bivins, and Holly Kirby, JJ., joined.
During his thirty-seven years working for the employer, the employee suffered a gradual loss of hearing, especially at frequency levels of sound above 3000 hertz. Shortly after his retirement, he made a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. After hearing the proof, the trial court ultimately found that the AMA Guides did not cover hearing losses at the higher frequencies and awarded a 30% vocational disability, not only for the anatomical impairment between 2000 and 3000 hertz but…
3Cases cited25 opinions
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- Lynch v. City of JellicoTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
- Madden v. Holland Group of Tennessee, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- Thomas v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- Perrin v. Gaylord Entertainment Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2003
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