# Freeman v. Cargill, Inc.

> Supreme Court of Alabama · August 21, 1992 · 613 So. 2d 1222

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7626810

## Case

- **Full name:** Gary FREEMAN and Becky Freeman v. CARGILL, INC.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** August 21, 1992
- **Citations:** 613 So. 2d 1222; 1992 Ala. LEXIS 963; 1992 WL 201067
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Almon
- **Judges:** Almon, Hornsby, Adams, Steagall, Ingram
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the doctrine of “ ‘relation back’ and other procedural rules designed to ‘heal’ violations of the statute of limitations cannot ‘heal’ violations of’ a nonclaim bar to recovery
- holding that "relation back" and other procedural rules designed to heal violations of the statute of limitations cannot heal violations of the municipal notice-of-claim statute

## Opinion text

ALMON, Justice.
The judgment is affirmed on the authority of Hinkle v. Cargill, Inc., 613 So.2d 1216 (Ala.1992).
AFFIRMED.
HORNSBY, C.J., and ADAMS, STEAGALL and INGRAM, JJ., concur.

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