# Williams v. City of Midfield

> Supreme Court of Alabama · June 13, 2014 · 161 So. 3d 1158

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4818309

## Case

- **Full name:** Ex parte CITY OF MIDFIELD (In re Patrick Williams and Elizabeth W. McElroy, as successor administratrix of the Estate of Willie Lee Williams v. City of Midfield)
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** June 13, 2014
- **Citations:** 161 So. 3d 1158; 2014 Ala. LEXIS 86; 2014 WL 2619862
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Moore
- **Judges:** Bolin, Bryan, Main, Moore, Murdock, Parker, Shaw, Stuart, Wise
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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

## Opinion text

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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