arose to have less than 2 years from the date of injury to file suit. This precise fact pattern ap previously interpreted 60-515 to be a tolling statute. See Biritz, 262 Kan. at 774; Gifford v. Saunders, 207 Kan. 360, 363, 485 P.2d 195 (1971). In Biritz, this court stated that K.S.A. 60-515 was intended “to mitigate the difficulties of preparing and maintaining a civil suit while the plaintiff is under a legal disability,” and it “creates an alternative, but specific limitations period for persons under a legal disability.” 262 Kan. at 774. Kansas appellate courts have uniformly applied 60-515 to extend the statute of limitations for those under a legal disability. See Biritz, 262 Kan. at 776; Lewis v. Shuck, 5 Kan. App. 2d 649, 652, 623 P.2d 520, rev. denied 229 Kan. 670 (1981) (<HOLDING>); Frost v. Hardin, 1 Kan. App. 2d 464, 471, 571
holding that a timely petition for administrative review stops the running of the statute of limitations holding that appointment of guardian over incompetent adult does not remove legal disability so as to halt tolling and commence running of statute of limitations holding that the concealment of ones identity does not toll the running of the statute of limitations holding that tolling provisions of 60515 apply only if the disability occurs during the running of the statute of limitations under 60513 holding that the running of the statute of limitations is an affirmative defense