Boilermaker's Final Employer Can Shift Liability for Hearing Loss

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s most recent employer is able to shift liability for his industrial hearing loss to a prior employer by demonstrating a reasonable medical probability that the earlier job was the sole cause of his condition. Case: In the Matter of the Compensation of Lodge, Nos. 1504600, 1502155 and A165158, 04/29/2020, published. Facts: William Lodge worked as a boilermaker from 1966 through 2012. His last employer was the NAES Corp. From 2013 to 2016, Lodge did seasonal work for SCI 3.2 Inc. building floats for the Rose Festival Parade. His...