GILL v. SEWELL

SC 2503 and SC 2503X.

356 So.2d 1196 (1978)

James GILL v. Tony SEWELL, Director of Mobile Work Release Center, Mobile Work Release Center, J. C. Locke, Individually, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Horne, Mobile, for appellant and cross-appellee.

W. Scears Barnes, Jr., Alexander City, for appellees and cross-appellant, Sewell.


ALMON, Justice.

The issue presented is whether a complaint charging negligence by State officials while in the performance of discretionary duties under statutory authority is barred by Section 14, Constitution of Alabama 1901, as a suit against the State? We hold that it is.

James Walter Gill was shot and injured while attempting to stop a robbery in the City of Mobile on the night of December 17, 1975. Gill was on duty as an officer with the Mobile City...

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