Hernandez v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Rhode Island

OPINION

KOEHLER, Justice.

This appeal from a summary judgment raises the question of which of two workers’ compensation carriers for the same employer is liable where the employee’s first distinct manifestations of an occupational disease occurred during the policy period of one carrier but he was last exposed to the injurious chemical substance during the policy period of a second carrier. When the trial court granted the motion for summary judgment of the first carrier, it had the effect of making the carrier at the time of the last exposure liable. We reverse.

RELEVANT FACTS

Manuel S.…