Bostick v. City of Gadsden

KENNEDY, Justice.

We granted Brian D. Bostick’s petition for certiorari review of a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals affirming a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the respondent, the City of Gadsden. See Bostick v. City of Gadsden, 642 So.2d 469 (Ala.Civ.App.1993). At issue here is whether that court reversibly erred in holding that the trial court properly admitted the results of two polygraph tests into evidence.

As an employee of the City of Gadsden’s police department, Bostick became the subject of an inter-departmental investigation based on a charge of official…