DAVID v. STURM, RUGER & CO., INC.

No. 3141.

557 P.2d 1133 (1976)

Roy DAVID, Petitioner, v. STURM, RUGER & CO., INC., a Connecticut Corporation, and Wadsworth Lumber Supply, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Bixler Whiting, Whiting & Blanton, Fairbanks, for petitioner.

Robert L. Richmond, Richmond, Willoughby & Willard, Anchorage, for respondents.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, Justices.


OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for review from an order of the superior court dismissing a strict liability claim as untimely filed under the applicable statute of limitation, AS 09.10.070.1 Petitioner was injured on July 3, 1974. The limitation period for this cause of action terminated on July 3, 1976, a Saturday, when the court is closed. The following Monday, July 5, was a legal holiday, and the suit...

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