Opinion

Williams v. City of Midfield

  • 161 So. 3d 1158
  • 2014 Ala. LEXIS 86
  • 2014 WL 2619862
Court
Supreme Court of Alabama
Filed
Jun 13, 2014
Status
Published
Author
Moore
On the bench
Bolin, Bryan, Main, Moore, Murdock, Parker, Shaw, Stuart, Wise
Cited by
10 cases

reaffirming the principle that it is necessary for the municipality to identify whether the hiring, training, or supervising person is a police officer in deciding whether a municipality is immune

How later courts described this case

  • reaffirming the principle that it is necessary for the municipality to identify whether the hiring, training, or supervising person is a police officer in deciding whether a municipality is immune
  • “As noted previously, a plaintiff can show that a State agent acted beyond his or her authority by proffering evidence that the State agent failed to discharge duties pursuant to detailed rules or regulations, such as those stated on a checklist.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MOORE, Chief Justice

(concurring in part and dissenting in part).

I concur with denying the writ of mandamus on the negligent-training-and-supervision claim. I dissent, however, from issuing the writ of mandamus on the remaining claims.

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