Jenkins v. Daniels

The question in this case is which of two statutes of limitations — AS 09.10.060(a), the three-year peace officer statute, or AS 09.10.070, the two-year tort statute — applies to the tort aspect of this suit against certain police officers. If one of the statutes did not exist, the other one would govern. Taken alone the language of each statute is applicable; doubt is introduced only by the existence of the other statute.1

In this, as in all cases involving the meaning of statutes, “our primary guide is the language used, construed in light of the purpose of the enactment. ” Commercial…