Section 5500.5 Of Chapter 3. Applications And Answers From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5500.6,
liability for occupational disease or cumulative injury claims filed
or asserted on or after January 1, 1978, shall be limited to those
employers who employed the employee during a period of four years
immediately preceding either the date of injury, as determined
pursuant to Section 5412, or the last date on which the employee was
employed in an occupation exposing him or her to the hazards of the
occupational disease or cumulative injury, whichever occurs first.
Commencing January 1, 1979, and thereafter on the first day of
January for each of the next two years, the liability period for
occupational disease or cumulative injury shall be decreased by one
year so that liability is limited in the following manner: