Worker With Hearing Loss Waited Too Long to File Claim Against 2nd Injury Fund

A Missouri appellate court ruled that a worker waited too long to file her claim against the state Second Injury Fund for her industrial hearing loss. Case: Naeter v. Treasurer, No. ED106949, 03/12/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: Nancy Naeter worked for Buzzi Unicem from 1984 until 2005. In 2006, Naeter filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting she had developed hearing loss because of workplace noise exposure. In 2010, Naeter amended her claim to assert she also suffered from tinnitus and Meniere’s disease. Just over one year later, Naeter filed an amended ...