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Title: Modesto Cisneros V. Molycorp Inc.
Author : New Mexico Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 22, 1988
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 61 KB

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Molycorp, Inc. (employer) appeals the dispositional order of the Workmen's Compensation Administration awarding Cisneros (claimant) compensation for a work-related hearing loss. Employer raises three arguments on appeal: (1) a gradual, noise-induced hearing loss is not an accidental injury compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act but rather is compensable only under the Occupational Disease Disablement Act; (2) even if such a hearing loss is compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act, claimant is time-barred; (3) the hearing officer erred in rejecting evidence of a 1971 hearing examination. Claimant has cross-appealed, contending the hearing officer erred in reducing his award for failure to use safety devices. We affirm.