COLLINS v. ARCTIC BUILDERS, INC.

No. S-9352.

31 P.3d 1286 (2001)

Wayne E. COLLINS, Appellant, v. ARCTIC BUILDERS, INC., Home Insurance Co., and Alaska Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne E. Collins, pro se, Anchorage, Appellant.

Robert L. Griffin and Linda J. Hiemer, Law Offices of Robert L. Griffin, Inc., Anchorage, for Appellees Arctic Builders and Home Insurance Co.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Wayne Collins was exposed to asbestos while working for Arctic Builders in 1963. This exposure had no immediate symptoms, but more than twenty years later Collins developed chest pain and shortness of breath. His doctor diagnosed him with chronic asbestos pleuritis, and Collins became aware of his condition on November 3, 1990. Collins claimed to...

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