(November 19, 2015, 11:34 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — An employer failed in its efforts to refute a man’s claim that it was the source of his last injurious exposure under the Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA), the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Nov. 12 (Ramsay Scarlett & Co., Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Ferdinand J. Fabre Jr., No. 15-60112, 5th Cir.; 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 19733).

Ferdinand Fabre worked for Ramsay Scarlett & Co. between 1969...