Is an employer liable for employment conditions that cause an injury or aggravate or accelerate a pre-existing condition?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Haw.i Stevedores v. Ogawa, 08-0790 (9th Cir. 2010):
employer is liable for employment conditions that cause an injury or aggravate or accelerate a pre-existing condition under the "aggravation rule," which dictates that "the employer takes the employee as he finds him." SAIF Corp./Or. Ship v. Johnson, 908 F.2d 1434, 1441 (9th Cir.1990).
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