Scott Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

SCOTT, J.

Petitioners Scott Company and its insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, seek review of a decision and award of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board after reconsideration. The principal question is whether Labor Code section 5500.5 imposes liability for occupational disease or cumulative injury on employers who employed the employee in the occupation exposing him or her to the hazards of such disease regardless of whether the exposure was actually a contributing cause of the disease or injury. We conclude that it does not, and affirm the award.

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Sixty-five-year-old…