(Download) "Angela Lea Fields v. Fairbanks North Star" by Supreme Court of Alaska # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Angela Lea Fields v. Fairbanks North Star
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 11, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
Description
We are presented with the narrow question of when a minor reaches the age of majority for the purpose of computing the applicable
limitations period. Angela Lea McFetridge claims that she was injured while a minor; she filed an action seeking damages against
Fairbanks North Star Borough on the first business day following her twentieth birthday. The superior court granted summary
judgment in favor of FNSB on the ground that the incapacity of a minor ceases one day prior to his or her eighteenth birthday
and thus, the two year statute of limitations on McFetridge's action was tolled one day prior to her twentieth birthday. We
reverse and remand for proceedings on the merits of McFetridge's claim. I.