# State Board of Adjustment v. State Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

> Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · March 28, 1990 · 581 So. 2d 476

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7592392

## Case

- **Full name:** State Board of Adjustment and Emmett O. Dale, as Administrator of the Estate of Patrick Frank Dale v. State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** March 28, 1990
- **Citations:** 581 So. 2d 476; 1990 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 144; 1990 WL 34196
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Robertson
- **Judges:** Russell, Ingram, Robertson
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ROBERTSON, Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent.
The Board of Adjustment was established to provide a remedy for those persons wronged by State employees while cloaked with State immunity. It is my *479 opinion that the Board had jurisdiction over Dale’s claim.

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