JOHNSON v. SIEGFRIED

No. S-4721.

838 P.2d 1252 (1992)

Debra L. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. George E. SIEGFRIED, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Pittle, Medical Legal Consultants of Washington, Seattle, Wash., and Brett von Gemmingen, Anchorage, for appellant.

Matthew K. Peterson, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 10, 1989, Debra Lee Johnson filed a complaint pro se against George Siegfried, M.D., alleging medical malpractice occurring in the performance of liposuction on May 12, 1987. Service of process was not made on Siegfried at that time.

On May 30, 1990, a Notice and Order of Dismissal was issued pursuant to Alaska Rule of Civil Procedure 41(e).1

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