2341 Filing a workers' compensation claim for disability resulting from exposure to asbestos does not trigger the running of the statute of limitations on a personal injury lawsuit for asbestos-related disease, so long as the claimant has not lost time from work or been precluded from attending to her/his occupation.CitationANDERSON v METALCLAD (Disability Benefits) 72 CA4 284 [See: CCP 340.2; Darden v GM 40 CA4 349, T/AT 12/95; Barr v ACandS 57 CA4 1038, T/AT 10/97; Mitchell v Asbestos Corp 62 CA4 200, T/AT 4/98 (RevGrtd); Richmond v Green 55 CA4 565, T/AT 7/97 (RevGrtd)]
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