# Parker v. Amerson

> Supreme Court of Alabama · December 11, 1987 · 519 So. 2d 442

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9934275

## Case

- **Full name:** Lolita Parker v. Lucius Amerson, Individually, and as Sheriff of MacOn County
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** December 11, 1987
- **Citations:** 519 So. 2d 442; 1987 WL 35319
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Torbert
- **Judges:** Houston, Torbert
- **Cited by:** 150 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9934275

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding § 14-6-1 unconstitutional “[t]o the extent it purports to impose civil liability on a sheriff for the acts of a jailer appointed by the sheriff”
- stating that a sheriff is an executive officer of the State of Alabama and is immune from suit
- finding Alabama sheriffs to be immune from suit in all but five limited circumstances

## Opinion text

I agree that the sheriff is an executive officer of the State. Having made this determination, we have addressed the specific question certified to this Court. While it might seem reasonable to interpret the certified question as raising the issue of whether the sheriff is immune from suit, I believe that the question more properly *Page 447
raises questions about the county's liability. Therefore, I would not address the state immunity issue.

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