Seybert v. Cominco Alaska Exploration

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Kenneth Seybert injured his neck while he was working as a millwright for Cominco Alaska at the Red Dog Mine in 1992. He had two surgeries and, after a physician determined he was medically stable, was evaluated for reemployment benefits. In January 1995 Seybert and Cominco executed a Compromise and Release (C & R) to settle Sey-bert's workers' compensation claim. Seybert was not represented by counsel. The C & R identified two disputes: (1) whether Seybert could change physicians, and (2) whether the reemployment plan developed for Cominco was…