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EX PARTE STATE

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986 So.2d 408 (2007)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (In re Thomas S. ATKINSON v. STATE of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troy King, atty. gen., and Jim R. Ippolito, Jr., chief counsel, and R. Mitchell Alton III, asst. counsel, Department of Transportation, for petitioner.

Jerry Guyton of Fite, Davis, Atchison, Guyton and Burt, P.C., Hamilton, for respondent.

PARKER, Justice.

The State of Alabama petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Marion Circuit Court to enter an order granting the State's motion to dismiss Thomas S. Atkinson's claims against it, with prejudice, on the basis of State immunity. For the reasons presented below, we issue the writ.

Background

On October 2, 2000, Atkinson filed an action styled "Thomas S. Atkinson, Plaintiff, vs. State of Alabama, Defendant" in the Marion...

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