Billman v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

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• holding that even if FELA claimant thought work-related hearing loss was only temporary, his awareness of the problem started the running of limitations
• an awareness of critical facts of an injury imposes a duty upon a claimant to investigate and confirm whether he is suffering from a cognizable injury
• “[A]n awareness of critical facts will impose a duty upon a claimant to investigate and confirm or deny his belief, otherwise the limitations period would be meaningless.”
• to recover for “aggravation” of an earlier work-related hearing loss, plaintiff was required to plead and prove that he suffered additional injury to his hearing and that the railroad’s negligence caused the additional injury

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