Fairbanks N. Star Bor. v. Rogers & Babler

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ. BURKE, Justice.

In this appeal we are asked to determine which employer should be held liable for the payment of workers’ compensation benefits when employment with successive employers may have contributed to the worker’s resulting disability. The Workers’ Compensation Board applied Alaska’s last injurious exposure rule 1 to the case and determined that the worker’s disability was causally related to the worker’s most recent employment. Accordingly, the Board held employer, Rogers and Babler, liable for payment of the…