Foster Wheeler Corp. v. Marble

The Workers’ Compensation Board (board) held that claimant’s last employer and its insurer (employer) were responsible for claimant’s bilateral hearing loss. Petitioners contend that the board improperly applied the last injurious exposure rule and erred in not apportioning responsibility among claimant’s various employers. We affirm.

Over a career spanning more than 30 years, claimant worked as a rock driller, ironworker, and boilermaker. His job consistently exposed him to loud noises. Sometime in the 1960s, he began to notice hearing loss. In November 1996, he had an audiogram that was…