Beesley v. Van Doren
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
Pursuant to Alaska Rule of Appellate Procedure 407, the United' States District Court for the District of Alaska certified the following question to this court: In a legal malpractice action, is the statute of limitations tolled until final resolution of the litigation underlying the malpractice claim?
*1281I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In April 1983 the eight plaintiffs (collectively, Beesley) and other truck drivers for Mukluk Freight Lines, Inc. (Mukluk) hired William Van Doren to represent them in a wage dispute. Mukluk sent Beesley checks accompanied by letters…
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