HOLLIS v. CITY OF BRIGHTON

No. 1040073.

950 So.2d 300 (2006)

Benjamin HOLLIS and Diane Hollis v. CITY OF BRIGHTON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stan Brobston of Brobston & Brobston, P.C., Bessemer; and Albert Lipscomb of Lipscomb & Lipscomb, Bessemer, for appellants.

Thomas S. Hale and G. Meador Akins of Burgess & Hale, L.L.C., Birmingham, for appellee.


PARKER, Justice.

Benjamin Hollis and Diane Hollis appeal from an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court granting a motion filed by the City of Brighton ("the City") for a summary judgment on the Hollises' vicarious-liability claim against it based on the actions of a police officer for the City. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural History

Police Officer Derwin Davis was on patrol at 1:56 a.m. on December 2, 1999, when he saw flames at a house...

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