CMFAS CGI Work Injury Compensation Insurance question: worker develops a prescribed occupational disease after years of exposure to workplace

A worker develops a prescribed occupational disease after years of exposure to workplace chemicals. To claim under WICA, must she prove the employer was negligent?

• A Yes, negligence must always be proved where the claim is for a disease
• B Yes, because a disease is not an accident, so the no-fault rule does not apply
• C No, the no-fault principle applies to prescribed diseases as it does to accidents
• D No, but only if she first sues the employer at common law and loses