NIHL Claims - Limitation, Breach of Duty & Medical Causation

Introduction

In claims for noise induced hearing loss the three main areas of dispute are limitation, breach of duty and medical causation.

What makes noise induced hearing claims complex is that each of these three areas are potential minefields with many pitfalls for both the Claimant and Defendant.

In this virtual classroom seminar, we will concentrate on some of the more complex arguments faced by Claimants.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• Interpretation and analysis of audiograms
• The Coles guidelines
• Understanding notches, bulges and disability
• Dealing with Part 18 requests
• Date of knowledge
• Significant injury
• Attribution
• Section 33 discretion
• Drafting a good witness statement on breach
• Asymmetry
• Bekesy audiograms
• Medical causation - idiopathic loss
• Loss at 6Khz - disability
• De minimis arguments

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.