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EX PARTE KENNEDY

1061377.

992 So.2d 1276 (2008)

Ex parte Matthew KENNEDY, Charles Ward, and Marty Griffin. (In re Burl Thompson, executor of the estate of Joseph James "Pete" Thompson, deceased v. Matthew Kennedy, Charles Ward, and Marty Griffin).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. McNight, deputy atty. gen., Alabama Department of Public Safety, for petitioners.

Paul M. Harden, Sr., of Harden & Harden, L.L.C., Monroeville, for respondent.

Donald R. Rhea of Rhea, Boyd, Rhea & Coggin, Gasden, for amicus curiae Alabama Sheriffs Association, in support of the petitioner.

MURDOCK, Justice.

Matthew Kennedy, Charles Ward, and Marty Griffin, law-enforcement officers, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Escambia Circuit Court to enter a summary judgment in their favor on a wrongful-death claim pursued by Burl Thompson, as the executor of the estate of Joseph James "Pete" Thompson ("Pete Thompson"), based on their assertion of the defenses of State-agent and statutory immunity. For the reasons discussed herein, we grant...

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