Farrell Ex Rel. Farrell v. Dome Laboratories

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal concerns the validity of a superior court judgment amending a prior judgment of voluntary dismissal without prejudice. We conclude that the superior court abused its discretion in granting relief from the original judgment.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case was previously before the court. In Dome Laboratories v. Farrell, 599 P.2d 152 (Alaska 1979), we affirmed a superior court judgment dismissing Barbara Farrell’s (Farrell) suit against defendants (hereinafter referred to collectively as Dome) without prejudice. Farrell’s Civil Rule 41(a)(2)…