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EX PARTE RIGGS

81-752.

423 So.2d 202 (1982)

Ex parte Dorothy RIGGS. (In re Steve DRINKARD, By and Through his next friend Dorothy RIGGS. David DRINKARD, By and Through his next friend Dorothy RIGGS v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama; and Thelma Cook).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughan Drinkard, Jr., and S.C. Middlebrooks of Drinkard & Newton, Mobile, for petitioners.

Clyde P. McLendon, Asst. Atty. Gen., State Dept. of Pensions and Sec., Montgomery, and Richard G. Alexander, Mobile, for respondents.

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is a petition for writ of mandamus. Mrs. Riggs's children were allegedly assaulted by a Mobile schoolteacher, Thelma Cook. Mrs. Riggs reported this to the Department of Pensions and Security. The Department investigated, and during the investigation Ms. Cook is alleged to have made admissions of the assault to the Department.

Mrs. Riggs filed a damage suit against the teacher and the Mobile County school commissioners. Subsequently...

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