Stabler v. City of Mobile

This appeal presents two questions: (1) Whether the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's claim alleging the tort of outrage; and (2) Whether the trial court erred in finding that the plaintiff's action against the municipal defendants was due to be dismissed because the plaintiff did not file with the City of Mobile a notice of his claim within the time allowed by law.

Facts and Procedural History

The plaintiff James A. Stabler, Jr., was employed by the City of Mobile as a police officer. His supervisor was the defendant Curtis Robinson, a sergeant with the Mobile Police Department.…