Supreme Court of Alabama May 4, 2001, 1990918 (Payton v. Monsanto Co.)

This case involves the timeliness of claims alleging that the Monsanto Company and its agents had polluted Lay Lake. Ben L. Payton, Thomas R. Edwards, and Cliassa Edwards (all hereinafter referred *Page 831 to as "Payton"), on behalf of themselves and a putative class of persons similarly situated, sued Monsanto, Blake Hamilton,1 and a number of fictitiously named parties (all hereinafter