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PAYTON v. MONSANTO CO.

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801 So.2d 829 (2001)

Ben L. PAYTON et al. v. MONSANTO COMPANY and Blake Hamilton.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gusty Yearout and Deborah S. Braden of Yearout, Myers & Traylor, P.C., Birmingham; and M. Clay Ragsdale IV, Birmingham, for appellants.

Warren B. Lightfoot, John M. Johnson, Adam K. Peck, Jackson R. Sharman III, and W. Larkin Radney IV of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham; and Hewitt L. Conwill of Conwill & Justice, Columbiana, for appellees.

LYONS, Justice.

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 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...

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