Crawford v. Sundback

Nancy J. Crawford, Joe Charles Rains, Linda Wilkerson, and Connie Martin ("the plaintiffs") appeal from summary judgments for C.E. Slayton, H.C. Gregg, Ray Sundback, C.J. Kubina, Bobby A. Malone, and David Courington ("the defendants" or "these defendants"), who were substituted as defendants for parties named fictitiously in the complaints. The issue is whether the plaintiffs complied with Alabama's fictitious party practice rules so as to avoid the bar of the statute of limitations on their claims against these defendants. In particular, the defendants argue that the plaintiffs did not…