Legal Opinion
Thatcher v. Trans World Airlines
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 2002No. WD 59192PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.
TWA appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission finding that James Thatcher sustained a 34 1/3 percent disability for binaural occupational hearing loss at the 180-week level.
Facts
James Thatcher filed a worker’s compensation claim against TWA for disability associated with occupational hearing loss. Thatcher was a welder for TWA for twenty-six years. Thatcher claimed that he was exposed to high levels of noise associated with rivet guns, high-speed grinders and air drills. On March 15,1995, Thatcher was transferred to a different area at the…
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