American Marine Corporation v. Sholin

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A medical service provider filed but failed to serve a complaint against a former patient and her insurer. The superior court dismissed the complaint without prejudice for lack of service. Nearly a year later, the medical service provider filed a second complaint against the same parties. The superi- or court granted summary judgment dismissing that complaint, ruling that the medical service provider's claims were barred by the statute of limitations and that Alaska's savings statute, AS 09.10.240, did not apply because of failure to provide timely…