CRAWLEY v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 752, September Term, 1986.

70 Md. App. 100 (1987)

519 A.2d 1348

DOUGLAS J. CRAWLEY, SR. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Zauner, III (Rochlin and Settleman, P.A., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Steven Scott Stephens (Joseph B. Harlan and Birrane, Harlan & Sharretts, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before GARRITY, BLOOM and KARWACKI, JJ.


BLOOM, Judge.

The sole question posed by this appeal is whether an employee who suffers from a condition of impaired hearing resulting from protracted exposure to noise in the course of his occupation, but who has not yet experienced any "disablement," i.e., loss of wages or capacity to perform his regular work, is entitled to receive worker's compensation. We hold that he is.

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