Court Opinion

ID: 9935722
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:56:36.214416+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:03.551207
License: Public Domain

I believe that damages for trespass and negligence that accrued before September 6, 1995, would be barred by § 11-12-8, Ala. Code 1975. However, it does not appear that Jefferson County properly made this argument to the trial court. Jefferson County did not make a motion in limine seeking to exclude evidence of damage occurring before September 6, 1995. It does not appear from the trial transcript that Jefferson County objected to testimony of damages as being time barred at trial either. Jefferson County did argue thatall claims of trespass and negligence were barred by this statute; however, the evidence showed that many of the claims accrued after September 6, 1995. Therefore, the trial court was correct in denying Jefferson County's requests to hold that all such claims were barred.