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PEDERSEN v. FLANNERY

No. S-5287.

863 P.2d 856 (1993)

Einar S. PEDERSEN, Petitioner, v. Michael J. FLANNERY, M.D.; William Kibbey, M.D.; and Tony Diaz, M.D., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 30, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Flanigan, Clark, Walther & Flanigan, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Marcus R. Clapp and David F. Leonard, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for respondents Flannery and Kibbey.

Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Brown, Gibbs & Moran, Anchorage, for respondent Diaz.

Before RABINOWITZ, BURKE and COMPTON, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Einar S. Pedersen petitioned this court to review the superior court's decision that his claim of medical malpractice, asserted as a breach of contract, is controlled by the two-year statute of limitations. We conclude that the two-year statute of limitations applicable to "injuries to the person ... not arising on contract," and not the six-year statute for all "actions on a contract or liability," applies to Pedersen...

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