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OLSON v. TECK COMINCO ALASKA, INC.

No. S-11755.

144 P.3d 459 (2006)

Richard K. OLSON, Appellant, v. TECK COMINCO ALASKA, INC., d/b/a Red Dog Operations, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.R. Kennelly, Law Office of C.R. Kennelly, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Sean Halloran, Hartig, Rhodes, Hoge & Lekisch, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Richard Olson was employed at the Red Dog mine. He frequently missed work without justification, so his employer, Teck Cominco Alaska, Inc., placed him on a step discipline plan. Olson continued to miss work, and Teck Cominco fired him for violating the plan. But shortly before Teck Cominco took this action, Olson had filed a workers' compensation claim alleging that he had been injured...

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