Legal Opinion
Collar v. University of South Alabama
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 14, 2014No. 1120641PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISE, Justice.
The respondents, Reed Collar and Bonnie Collar, as the parents of Gilbert Collar, a deceased minor, sued the University of South Alabama (“the University”); Zeke Aull, the chief of police for the University; Trevis Austin,, a police officer for the University; and fictitiously named defendants, asserting claims arising from Gilbert’s death on the University’s campus in Mobile. Chief Aull filed a motion to dismiss the claims against him, on the basis that he was immune from suit pursuant to Art. I, § 14, Ala. Const, of 1901, and that, to the extent the complaint could be read as…
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