FORBES STEEL AND WIRE CO. v. GRAHAM


518 A.2d 86 (1986)

FORBES STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY, Employer-Appellant Below, Appellant, v. John GRAHAM, Employee-Appellee Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ralston (argued), Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for appellant through Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co.

Julius Komissaroff (argued), Komissaroff & Perry, Wilmington, for appellant through Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Edward T. Ciconte (argued) and Jeffrey P. Wasserman, Ciconte & Roseman, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before HORSEY, MOORE and WALSH, JJ.


WALSH, Justice:

This appeal involves the application of the "last injurious exposure" rule to claims for disability benefits by an employee disabled from two separate work-related accidents which occurred while he was employed by the same employer, who was covered by different insurance carriers at the time of the respective accidents. The Superior Court refused to allocate responsibility between the carriers on the ground...

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