Runft v. Saif Corp.

The issue is whether an employer whose working conditions were the major contributing cause of a claimant’s asbestosis may avoid responsibility for payment of compensation by showing that working conditions at the claimant’s later employment contributed to the claimant’s disability, where the claimant has made no claim against the later employer, and the first employer has not sought to join the later employer in the administrative proceeding. We hold that the first employer may not avoid responsibility in those circumstances.

Because there is evidence to support them, we take the facts as…