Estate of Strametz v. Spectrum Motorwerks, Inc.

*69RIGGS, J.

Claimant1 seeks review of a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming employer’s denial of his claim. He argues that the Board misinterpreted the last injurious exposure rule. We reverse and remand for reconsideration.

At the time of the hearing in 1992, claimant was a 43-year-old auto mechanic suffering from mesothelioma, a cancer of the chest cavity. The only known cause of meso-thelioma is asbestos. Claimant had served in the Navy from 1963 to 1968, where he was exposed to asbestos. After his discharge, he worked as an auto mechanic for 24 years but did not begin…