Heat Transfer & Equipment v. Cauthon

I.ISSUE

¶ 1 The dispositive issue presented for our review is whether there is any competent evidence to support the Workers’ Compensations Court’s findings of fact. The petitioner asserts as a second issue whether the “last injurious exposure” rule of title 85, subsection 11(B)(4) of the Oklahoma Statute requires an employee claiming benefits for injury from an occupational disease to establish that the employee was not merely exposed to potentially causal conditions but that those conditions caused injury during the time of exposure.

II.FACTS

¶ 2 The claimant, Gary Cauthon, worked as a…