CITY OF BIRMINGHAM v. BENSON

1921322.

631 So.2d 902 (1993)

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM v. Frederick B. BENSON, father of Blair Benson, a deceased minor.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetrius C. Newton, Thomas Bentley III and John M. Edens, Birmingham, for appellant.

D. Leon Ashford, Scott A. Powell and Bruce J. McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellee.


HOUSTON, Justice.

The City of Birmingham ("the City") appeals from a $1.6 million judgment rendered against it in an action filed by Frederick B. Benson based on the alleged wrongful death of his minor son, Blair Giles Benson ("Blair"). The City's liability is predicated upon the activities of James S. Vining, a Birmingham police officer, while he was engaged in part-time employment as a security guard at Gene's Jukebox ("the bar") in Birmingham, Alabama. Benson alleges...

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