The Plaintiff’s Argument

15 Christiansen argues that his admissions lead to a different conclusion. He claims that until his lung problem was diagnosed as asbestosis in 2002, he had only a mere suspicion that his condition might be asbestos- or work-related because examining physicians consistently failed to diagnosis the condition as asbestos-related.

Christiansen stated in his deposition that he visited a series of doctors, explaining that he had been exposed to asbestos at his work, and the doctors diagnosed his condition as congestion, pneumonia or bronchitis, but never asbestosis.