United States Eleventh Circuit

Alabama's discovery rule, which tolls the statute of limitations for some claims, does not apply to a cause of action alleging professional negligence even if it is based on the tort of negligent representation which is a combination of fraud and negligence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2001
• Published 11/30/2001

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES, MARCUS and FARRIS , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ivan B. Cooper,Jackson R. Sharman, III, Lisa J. Wathey, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., James Sturgeon Christie, Jr., James W. Gewin, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Larry B. Childs, Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, Julia Boaz Cooper, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellants., Wade C. Hoyt, III, Rome, GA, J. Gusty Yearout, John G. Watts, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.