William K. Enger (Partner-Los Angeles) and B. Otis Felder (Of Counsel-Los Angeles) obtained a dismissal of an action filed in Washington state court by a tour bus passenger who claimed the operator and driver were negligent in transporting him from a train station to his hotel. The passenger had previously filed an action in Los Angeles Superior Court, which dismissed his claim for lack of personal jurisdiction over the driver and common carrier and granted summary judgment as to the defendant cruise line as its Passage Contract excluded liability over shore-side transportation. Upon a re-filing against the tour bus company and its driver in Seattle on the third anniversary of the date of the incident to try to take advantage of Washington’s three-year statute of repose, Bill and Otis obtained dismissal when moving the court that the action was time-barred under Alaska’s two-year limitation statute, arguing it applied as the alleged tort occurred in Alaska, involving an Alaska-regulated coach, against an Alaskan resident driver and Alaska tour company. The plaintiff, a California resident, did not provide any convincing basis why Washington law should apply or refute that Alaska had more of an interest in the controversy than Washington.