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JONES v. WADSWORTH

No. S-2769.

791 P.2d 1013 (1990)

W.C. JONES, Appellant, v. Brent WADSWORTH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moshe Calberg Zorea, Anchorage, for appellant.

Byron D. Walther, Wadsworth & Associates, Anchorage, for appellee.

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

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves a legal malpractice claim filed more than two years but less than six years after the cause of action accrued. The critical question is whether the claim is governed by the two-year statute of limitations applicable to tort actions, or the six-year statute of limitations applicable to contract actions.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

W.C. Jones approached Brent Wadsworth in 1974 or '75 to obtain...

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