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EX PARTE SAWYER

1051249 and 1051304.

984 So.2d 1100 (2007)

Ex parte Kathy SAWYER and James R. Finch Ex parte Sonya Stevens (In re Laura Percer v. Kathy Sawyer et al.).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Baugh, Christopher A. Bottcher, and Christopher S. Berdy of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham; and Courtney Tarver, deputy atty. gen. and gen. counsel, Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, for petitioners.

Thomas E. James, Kenneth J. Mendelsohn, and Ellenann B. Yelverton of Jemison, Mendelsohn & James, P.C., Montgomery, for respondent.

PARKER, Justice.

The petitioners, Kathy Sawyer, James R. Finch, and Sonya Stevens, present this case as one concerning a State-agent-immunity issue. We note first that for many years this Court has sought to ensure the availability of State-agent immunity to those entitled to protection from tort claims resulting from discretionary acts as agents of the State. In recent years we have clarified the requirements for State-agent immunity, and we have opened the doors...

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