FMC Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

FMC Corporation (FMC) appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which held that FMC, in its self-insured capacity, and not its former carrier, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, was responsible for claimant’s asbestos-related cancer condition. We affirm.

Claimant was employed by FMC and by its predecessor, Gunderson Brothers, from 1957 until his retirement in 1978. From 1967 to October 1, 1975, Liberty Mutual was FMC’s compensation insurance carrier. Thereafter, FMC was self-insured. Claimant first sought medical attention in November, 1981, because of symptoms he had suffered for…