Bertrand v. API, Inc.

KELLEY, Justice.

The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals reversed a determination by a compensation judge imposing liability for employee who contracted asbestosis upon the employer and insurer at the time when the disease resulted in disability in accordance with Flowers v. Consolidated Container Corp., 336 N.W.2d 255 (Minn.1983). Instead, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals imposed liability upon the employer and insurer during the period of last substantial exposure of the employee to asbestos. Because the “bright line” rule of Flowers is limited to the case where the employee…