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MATTER OF JOSLIN v. CITY OF ALBANY FIRE DEP'T

176 A.D.2d 1089 (1991)

In the Matter of the Claim of Alan L. Joslin, Appellant, v. City of Albany Fire Department et al., Respondents. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

October 24, 1991

We reject claimant's contention that the method of compensation for his hearing loss was governed by Workers' Compensation Law § 49-bb which governs claims for occupational loss of hearing. The statutory authority under which schedule awards are made for hearing losses in general is Workers' Compensation Law § 15 (3) (m). That statute makes no distinction between the method of payment for a hearing loss due to an occupational disease and one which results from an...

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