Pack v. Blankenship

The issue presented in this case is whether the trial court, in entering a summary judgment in favor of defendant Leverett Blankenship, correctly held that Blankenship was immune from liability under Section 14 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901.

This case involves a suit for damages against Blankenship, a state employee, who worked as an environmentalist for the Morgan County Health Department.1 The plaintiffs, Roger Pack and RDC Builders, Inc. ("RDC"), claimed to have been harmed as a result of Blankenship's representations to them regarding the installation of a sewer system.

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