EX PARTE WILKERSON

1990769.

795 So.2d 663 (2000)

Ex parte Thomas Edison WILKERSON. (Re Thomas Edison Wilkerson v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company and Illinois Central Railroad Company).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Dudley, Jr., of Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner.

Turner B. Williams, J. Clinton Pittman, and Kevin T. Shires of Sadler Sullivan, Birmingham, for respondent Burlington Northern Railroad Company.

Robert D. Anderkanic of Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, Illinois; and Michael D. Quillen of Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, Birmingham, for respondent Illinois Central Railroad Company.


MADDOX, Justice.

This case presents the question whether the statute of limitations bars the plaintiffs action to recover damages for injuries he alleges he suffered as a result of an alleged workplace exposure to asbestos. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that that question may not be answered until a jury determines when the plaintiffs cause of action accrued.

Thomas Edison Wilkerson sued his former employers, Burlington Northern Railroad Company...

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