Legal Opinion

Turnbull v. Bonkowski

District Court, D. Alaska

Decided October 25, 1967No. F-20-66Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

VON DER HEYDT, District Judge.

Plaintiff was injured during his minority. He brought this action for personal injuries on January 25, 1966, his twenty-first birthday. Defendants have moved for summary judgment, claiming that the action is barred by the applicable statute of limitations, which provides in part that:

No person may bring an action * * for any injury to the person * * * unless commenced within two years.1

The statute was tolled during plaintiff’s minority, i. e., until he was nineteen years of age.2 Computation of the applicable limitations period subsequent to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Nelson v. SandkampSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
  2. Beardsley v. HillOregon Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Taylor v. Aetna Life Ins.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1943
  4. People v. StevensonNew York Supreme Court · 1963

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