Forbes Steel and Wire Co. v. Graham

WALSH, Justice:

This appeal involves the application of the “last injurious exposure” rule to claims for disability benefits by an employee disabled from two separate work-related accidents which occurred while he was employed by the same employer, who was covered by different insurance carriers at the time of the respective accidents. The Superior Court refused to allocate responsibility between the carriers on the ground that the last injurious exposure rule precluded such a result. We agree and affirm.

The material facts underlying the claims are not in dispute, but the case has a convoluted…