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SMITH v. ARNOLD

88-831.

564 So.2d 873 (1990)

Jack Carlton SMITH, as administrator of the estate of Derryl Adus Smith, deceased v. Dr. A.G. ARNOLD.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Crook of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, Birmingham, for appellant.

W. Stancil Starnes and Laura Howard Peck of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for appellee.

G.R. "Rick" Trawick, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

ALMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in a medical malpractice action in favor of Dr. A.G. Arnold and against James Carlton Smith ("Smith"), the administrator of the estate of Derryl Adus Smith ("Derryl"), in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County.1 The question presented is whether a psychiatrist employed by the State is protected from tort liability by the doctrine...

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