The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a permanent total disability award to a longtime stockroom worker for his cumulative trauma and hearing loss, despite his retirement from the workforce.
Case: Trane Co. v. Hafley, No. 2021-SC-0410-WC, 09/22/2022, unpublished.
Facts: Tommy Hafley has a 10th-grade education and has spent most of his adult life working for Trane Co. in a stockroom.
Hafley retired on Oct. 31, 2018. He then filed a workers’ compensation claim for alleged cumulative trauma injuries to his neck, back, knee and elbow. Hafley also asserted a claim for hearing loss due to repet...
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