Montgomery Cnty. v. Cochran & Bowen

Montgomery County, Maryland v. Anthony G. Cochran and Andrew Bowen, No. 69, September Term, 2019 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT – OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS – MD. CODE ANN., LAB. & EMPL. (1991, 2016 REPL. VOL.) § 9-650(b)(3) –– CALCULATION OF DEDUCTION FOR “EACH YEAR OF THE COVERED EMPLOYEE’S AGE OVER 50 AT THE TIME OF THE LAST EXPOSURE TO INDUSTRIAL NOISE” – COMPENSABLE DISABLEMENT – TINNITUS – Court of Appeals held that Workers’ Compensation Commission did not err in calculating deduction of decibels from firefighters’ total average hearing losses under Md. Code. Ann., Lab. & Empl. (1991, 2016 Repl.…