Gabriel Sinka v. Northern Commercial

CONNOR, Justice. OPINION These are actions to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from an alleged breach of warranty
in the sale of goods. The sole question before us is whether the two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions
applies. If so, the plaintiffs are barred, as these actions were brought more than two years after the sale. Plaintiffs assert
a right to bring suit under the four-year period of limitation contained in the Uniform Commercial Code. In one complaint it is alleged that Josephine Tucker, of Emmonak, Alaska, purchased what she believed to be pearl Kerosene
from Northern Commercial Company on October 28, 1967. On that same date, upon lighting a burner lamp in which she had placed
the fuel, there was an explosion and fire which inflicted burns on Josephine Tucker and her husband Jimmy Tucker, and destroyed
their dwelling. Josephine died as a result of those burns on December 8, 1967.