Font v. Carr

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion for summary judgment that asserted the defense of official immunity. Tex.R.App.P. 42(a); Tex.Civ.PRAC. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(5) (Vernon Supp.1993). When successfully invoked, an officer is immune from suit, not just from liability. Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 526, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 2815, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985). The principal questions are 1) whether an assistant district attorney has absolute or qualified immunity when advising county officials about bail bondsmen, and 2) if the immunity is qualified, is…