Legal Opinion
Haakanson v. Wakefield Seafoods, Inc.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1979No. 3428, 3492PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
In this appeal we must decide if Alaska’s general tolling statute, AS 09.10.140, 1 applies to extend the time limit for bringing an action set forth in AS 09.55.580, 2 the wrongful death statute.
The events leading to this appeal began on February 14,1970. On that date Simeon and Annie Squartsoff were killed when their Volkswagen bus veered from the causeway connecting the Port Wakefield cannery to the village of Port Lions and fell into the water. The causeway was constructed and, at the time of the accident, maintained by appellant Wakefield Sea-foods, Inc. The…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
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