50-6-304 - Last employer liable. - Tennessee Statutes

50-6-304. Last employer liable.

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.

[Acts 1947, ch. 139, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 6852; Acts 1977, ch. 339, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-1106.]