# Dunnam v. Ovbiagele

> Supreme Court of Alabama · July 20, 2001 · 814 So. 2d 232

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9937882

## Case

- **Full name:** Charlotte Elaine Dunnam, as Administratrix of the Estate of James Brannan Dunnam, Sr. v. Dr. Fortunate Ovbiagele
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** July 20, 2001
- **Citations:** 814 So. 2d 232; 2001 WL 823592
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by See
- **Judges:** Harwood, See
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that an issue of fact precluded a summary judgment on statute-of-limitations grounds when, at the time of filing the complaint, the plaintiff indicated the intent to obtain service on two defendants, but failed to perfect service on those defendants until nearly six mo…
- holding that the plaintiffs failure to “attempt to effect service at [the defendant’s] address” at the time the complaint was filed, “viewed objectively, evidence[d] a lack of the required bona fide intent to have [the defendant] immediately served”

## Opinion text

For the reasons I stated in Ex parte Mobile County Department of Human Resources , [Ms. 1992252, May 25, 2001] ___ So.2d ___, ___ (Ala. 2001) (See, J., concurring specially), I concur.

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