CISNEROS v. MOLYCORP, INC.

No. 10100.

765 P.2d 761 (1988)

Modesto CISNEROS, Claimant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. MOLYCORP, INC., Respondent-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied December 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Narciso Garcia, Jr., Toulouse, Toulouse & Garcia, P.A., Albuquerque, for claimant-appellee.

Marte D. Lightstone, Campbell & Black, P.A., Santa Fe, for respondent-appellant.


OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

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...

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