Too Late for Security Officer to Claim Hearing Loss

A security officer's 55% hearing loss would have been apparent to a reasonably diligent person years before he filed his claim, the Tennessee Supreme Court of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled in denying the claim. A trial court concluded that Haskell Sutton sustained a 55% permanent, partial disability to the binaural hearing as a result of work-related exposure to loud weapon noise. On appeal, his employer, Wackenhut Services, contended that the trial court erred in determining that the action was not barred by the applicable statute of limitations. The workers' compensat...