When an employee has an occupational disease, the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of the disease, and the employer's insurance carrier, if any, at the time of the exposure, shall alone be liable, for the occupational disease, without right to contribution from any prior employer or insurance carrier.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-304
Last employer liable
Known as the Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 50-6-101 to 50-6-921 (224 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Adkins v. Consolidated Coal Co. (1995)
Most recently applied in Caudill v. Consolidation Coal Co. (November 1995)
Acts 1947, ch. 139, § 1; C
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