FIELDS v. FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH

No. S-4270.

818 P.2d 658 (1991)

Angela Lea FIELDS, a/k/a Angela Lea McFetridge, Appellant, v. FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Wright, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Constance Cates Ringstad, Call, Barrett & Burbank, Fairbanks, for appellees.

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


OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

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...

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