Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Starnes

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The sole issue presented is whether the appellee, O. K. Starnes, is entitled to benefits for asbestosis at the rates in effect on the date of his last injurious exposure to asbestos while employed at Bowaters Southern Paper Company (Bowaters) or at those in effect at the time he first became disabled as a result of the disease. The trial judge employed the latter rate, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the insurance carrier for Bowaters, has appealed.

The appellee was employed by Bowaters as an insulation worker from 1956 until…