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PARKER v. AMERSON

86-430-CER.

519 So.2d 442 (1987)

Lolita PARKER v. Lucius AMERSON, Individually, and as Sheriff of Macon County, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Friedman and Jerry B. Kurz, Waukegan, Ill., for plaintiff/appellee Lolita Parker.

William J. Baxley, Joel E. Dillard, and Charles A. Dauphin, Birmingham, for appellant/defendant Sheriff Lucius Amerson.

Charles S. Conley, Montgomery, for appellant/defendant Macon County.

Ted Taylor and Leah O. Taylor, Prattville, for amicus curiae Alabama Sheriffs Assn.

James W. Webb and Michael M. Eley of Webb, Crumpton, McGregor, Sasser, Davis & Alley, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Assoc. of County Commissions of Alabama.

HOUSTON, Justice.

The United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, pursuant to Rule 18, Ala. R.App.P., has certified a question of law to us.

QUESTION

"Whether the sheriff of a county may be considered an `employee' of the county for purposes of imposing liability on the county under a theory of respondeat superior. "Our statement of the question is not designed to limit the inquiry of the Supreme Court of Alabama.

"`[T]he...

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