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CARPENTER v. TILLMAN

1030694.

948 So.2d 536 (2006)

Dana CARPENTER, as administratrix of the estate of James Carpenter, deceased v. Jack TILLMAN et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 7, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffin Sikes, Jr., Montgomery; and Frank H. Hawthorne, Jr., of Hawthorne & Myers, Montgomery, for plaintiff.

Troy King, atty. gen., and Scott L. Rouse, asst. atty. gen.; and Charles A. Graddick and Joseph D. Steadman, deputy attys. gen., of Sims, Graddick & Dodson, Mobile, for respondents.

NABERS, Chief Justice.1

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has certified the following question to this Court pursuant to Rule 18, Ala. R.App. P.:

"Does the State of Alabama Department of Corrections' breach of its duty under § 14-6-81, Code of Alabama, to make inspections of the Mobile County Metro Jail, if proven, support a cognizable claim for relief against the DOC Defendants...

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