MATTER OF RASKOFF v. LONG ISLAND DAILY PRESS


38 A.D.2d 644 (1971)

In the Matter of the Claim of Walter Raskoff, Respondent, v. Long Island Daily Press et al., Appellants, and Special Disability Fund, Respondent. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 20, 1971


Claimant was employed as a pressman by the Long Island Press for 12 years. It is undisputed that as a result of a congenital deformity claimant had a total loss of hearing in his left ear. He now has a deafness in his right ear as a result of exposure to excessive industrial noise. The board found that due to his 100% binaural loss of hearing he was entitled to an award: "The Board Panel finds that where there is a previous impairment of one ear it is contemplated that the...

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