Alaska Supreme Court
Kenneth Arnoult v. Melissa Webster, DMD
June 12, 2020480 P.3d 592
Summary
The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for the periodontist because the patient's malpractice claim was barred by the two-year statute of limitations. The court held that the patient's symptoms, treatment history, and information from a subsequent periodontist placed him on inquiry notice no later than July 2013, giving him sufficient time to investigate and sue. The court also treated the punitive-damages count as dependent on the malpractice claim rather than as an independent fraud claim.