Legal Opinion
Gill v. Sewell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 31, 1978PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The issue presented is whether a complaint charging negligence by State officials while in the performance of discretionary duties under statutory authority is barred by Section 14, Constitution of Alabama 1901, as a suit against the State? We hold that it is.
James Walter Gill was shot and injured while attempting to stop a robbery in the City of Mobile on the night of December 17, 1975. Gill was on duty as an officer with the Mobile City Police Department. Oliver Lamar Young was subsequently convicted for the robbery. At the time of the robbery, Young was an inmate of the Mobile Work Release…
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