The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Panel upheld an award of benefits to a boilermaker for his hearing loss but reduced his vocational disability award to account for the fact that his hearing loss had not affected his employability.
Case: Taylor v. G.UB.MK Constructors, No. E2019-00461-SC-R3-WC, 06/02/2020, published.
Facts: Kevin W. Taylor worked as a union boilermaker from January 2000 until November 2013. The union assigned him to work at fossil-fuel steam plants on approximately 44 occasions. At least 23 of the assignments were at properties o...
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