Claim of Greco v. Travelers Insurance

Claimant was employed as a blaster foreman in construction work and was exposed to silica dust. Prior to August 1, 1951, the employer’s carrier was the Michigan Mutual Liability Company; after that date it was the appellant Travelers Insurance Company.

*763The statute (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 44^a) dealing with silicosis and other dust diseases provides that the employer in whose employ a claimant “ was last exposed to an injurious dust hazard ” shall be liable when disability is due to silicosis.

Here the same employment continued, but to fix the liability of succeeding carriers we would…