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EX PARTE PURVIS

1951352, 1951361.

689 So.2d 794 (1996)

Ex parte Thomas J. PURVIS. Ex parte Allan SCOTT. (Re Donna AKERS and Mark Hankins Akers v. MOBILE COUNTY, et al.).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade B. Perry, Jr., and Tracy P. Turner of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C., Mobile, for defendant/petitioner Allan Scott and for defendants Mobile County and Mobile County Sheriff's Office.

Roderick P. Stout and W. Perry Hall of Stout & Rossler, Mobile, for Thomas J. Purvis.

James A. Yance, David G. Wirtes, Jr., and Kelli D. Taylor of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, Mobile, for plaintiffs/respondents.

MADDOX, Justice.

There is but one legal question presented in these mandamus petitions filed by former Mobile County Sheriff Thomas J. Purvis and former Deputy Sheriff Allan Scott: Are they immune from liability in an action filed by a woman who was shot by a fugitive who had avoided capture?

The facts are not seriously disputed. On June 28, 1994, Jimmie Whitt shot and killed a Mississippi law enforcement officer. A BOLO ("be on the lookout") radio message...

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