BETHEA v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY

85-1272.

514 So.2d 872 (1987)

Melton Lee BETHEA and Lenson Lee Bethea v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Thiry of Thiry, Maples & Branson, Mobile, and Broox G. Garrett, Jr., of Garretts, Thompson & Hines, Brewton, for appellants.

John D. Richardson, Michael Gillion, and Richard H. Holston of Brown, Hudgens, Richardson, Mobile, for appellees.


ADAMS, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Melton Lee Bethea and Lenson Lee Bethea, appeal the trial court's judgment based on a directed verdict in favor of the defendants, Escambia County, Stan Stewart, and Randall K. Murph, in a negligence action involving an automobile accident. The Betheas contend that defendants Stewart and Murph, who are employed by the Escambia County Sheriff's Department, negligently handled a highway emergency situation, thereby causing the Betheas...

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