statute will operate bar in Alabama

2025In Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602 , [604- 05,] 75 So. 291, 292 (1917), the rule was stated as follows: " ' " ' "If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and not actionable at the time of the wrong done; for in such a case the subsequent increase in the da

2025In Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602 , [604- 05,] 75 So. 291, 292 (1917), the rule was stated as follows: " ' " ' "If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and not actionable at the time of the wrong done; for in such a case the subsequent increase in the da

2025In Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602 , [604- 05,] 75 So. 291, 292 (1917), the rule was stated as follows: " ' " ' "If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and not actionable at the time of the wrong done; for in such a case the subsequent increase in the da

2025In Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602 , [604- 05,] 75 So. 291, 292 (1917), the rule was stated as follows: " ' " ' "If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and not actionable at the time of the wrong done; for in such a case the subsequent increase in the da

2025In Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602 , [604- 05,] 75 So. 291, 292 (1917), the rule was stated as follows: " ' " ' "If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and not actionable at the time of the wrong done; for in such a case the subsequent increase in the da

2025In Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602 , [604- 05,] 75 So. 291, 292 (1917), the rule was stated as follows: " ' " ' "If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and not actionable at the time of the wrong done; for in such a case the subsequent increase in the da

2001Thus, this Court recognized Albrecht as a defendant in Norman because he was still a party before us. 6 In Home Insurance Co. v. Stuart-McCorkle, Inc ., 291 Ala. 601 , 285 So.2d 468 (1973), this Court stated: "`If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage [then apparent] however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and no

2001Thus, this Court recognized Albrecht as a defendant in Norman because he was still a party before us. 6 In Home Insurance Co. v. Stuart-McCorkle, Inc ., 291 Ala. 601 , 285 So.2d 468 (1973), this Court stated: "`If the act of which the injury is the natural sequence is of itself a legal injury to plaintiff, a completed wrong, the cause of action accrues and the statute begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage [then apparent] however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently and no

2025See also Ex parte Abbott Lab'ys, 342 So. 3d at 194 (' "The statute of limitations begins to run when the cause of action accrues, which this Court has held is the date the first legal injury occurs." Ex parte Integra LifeSciences Corp., 271 So. 3d 814 , 818 (Ala. 2018).

2025See also Ex parte Abbott Lab'ys, 342 So. 3d at 194 (' "The statute of limitations begins to run when the cause of action accrues, which this Court has held is the date the first legal injury occurs." Ex parte Integra LifeSciences Corp., 271 So. 3d 814 , 818 (Ala. 2018).

2024Co., 889 So. 2d 540, 543 (Ala. 2004); Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602, 605 , 75 So. 291, 292 (1917)(holding that the limitations period 'begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently ....'[](emphasis added))." 382 So. 3d at 1216 (footnote omitted).

2023Co., 889 So. 2d 540, 543 (Ala. 2004); Kelly v. Shropshire, 199 Ala. 602, 605 , 75 So. 291, 292 (1917) (holding that the limitations period "begins to run from the time the act is committed, be the actual damage (then apparent) however slight, and the statute will operate to bar a recovery not only for the present damages but for damages developing subsequently ….") (emphasis added)).

2004Nor does plaintiff's ignorance of the tort or injury, at least if there is no fraudulent concealment by defendant, postpone the running of the statute until the tort or injury is discovered."'" As we likewise explained in Koch v. State Farm Fire Casualty Co. , 565 So.2d 226 , 231 (Ala. 1990): "A negligence cause of action accrues as soon as the claimant is entitled to maintain an action, regardless of whether the full amount of damages is apparent at the time of the first legal injury." See also Booker v. United American Ins.

2004Nor does plaintiff's ignorance of the tort or injury, at least if there is no fraudulent concealment by defendant, postpone the running of the statute until the tort or injury is discovered."'" As we likewise explained in Koch v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 565 So.2d 226, 231 (Ala.1990): "A negligence cause of action accrues as soon as the claimant is entitled to maintain an action, regardless of whether the full amount of damages is apparent at the time of the first legal injury." See also Booker v. United American Ins.