# McDuffie v. Roscoe

> Supreme Court of Alabama · April 19, 1996 · 679 So. 2d 641

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9936525

## Case

- **Full name:** Terry L. McDuffie v. George Roscoe, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of George Twiller Roscoe
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** April 19, 1996
- **Citations:** 679 So. 2d 641; 1996 WL 197216
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Houston
- **Judges:** Houston, Maddox
- **Cited by:** 12 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/9936525

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that various ALDOT engineers and inspectors sued for negligently allowing a dangerous drop-off to exist on the shoulder of a road were entitled to discretionary-function immunity under Grant

## Opinion text

In Taylor v. Shoemaker , 605 So.2d 828 (Ala. 1992), a case relied on by the defendants, I dissented and asked: "Where is the discretion?" 605 So.2d at 834-35 . In today's case, I easily recognize the discretion.

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