KO-AM ENTERPRISES v. DAVIS

No. 6268.

657 P.2d 399 (1983)

KO-AM ENTERPRISES, Appellant, v. Larry DAVIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Hart DeYoung and Bradley D. Owens, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, for appellant.

R. Stanley Ditus, Wade, Ditus & Hammond, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BURKE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

The primary issue presented in this appeal is what the appropriate remedy should be when an action is commenced in the wrong judicial district. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that unless the superior court finds that the plaintiff acted in bad faith, or unless the interests of justice otherwise dictate, the appropriate remedy is to transfer the action to the judicial district of proper venue, rather than to dismiss...

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