LaCroix v. New England Group Maremont Corp.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Louis A. LaCroix’s Petition for Award of Compensation for loss of hearing under The Occupational Disease Law, 39 M.R.S.A. §§ 181-195, was denied by the Workers’ Compensation Commission. From a pro forma decree affirming that denial LaCroix brings this appeal. We affirm the judgment below.

After forty years employment with New England Group Maremont Corporation (Maremont), LaCroix retired at age 62 on September 30, 1977. During his last thirty-seven years with Maremont he worked with automatic screw machines, mainly as a rig-up man. The automatic screw machines were located in…