Parks v. Flint Steel Corp.

DOOLIN, Chief Justice.

The principal issue, one of first impression, presented in this workers’ compensation case is whether the last injurious exposure rule 1 transfers total liability from an earlier employer to a subsequent employer for a worker’s accidental injury when the proof shows the disability is a result of injury which occurred during the earlier employment. We answer in the negative.

The claimant, Henry L. Parks, had been employed as a welder at Flint Steel (Flint) for over thirty years until the plant closed. Claimant left his job with Flint in April 1984, collected unemployment…