Opinion ID: 1852398
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Heading: Listing of Alabama Cases Discussing the Doctrine of State-Agent Immunity

Text: Bell v. Chisom, 421 So.2d 1239, 1240 (Ala.1982) (State Docks worker could not sue a coemployee); Tutwiler Drug Co. v. City of Birmingham, 418 So.2d 102 (Ala. 1982) (landowner could not sue city official over legislative matter); Deal v. Tannehill Furnace & Foundry Comm'n, 443 So.2d 1213 (Ala.1983) (swimmer injured while diving could not sue members of parks commission); Barnes v. Dale, 530 So.2d 770, 782-84 (Ala.1988) (victim of psychiatric patient could not sue official who allowed patient's release); Grant v. Davis, 537 So.2d 7 (Ala.1988) (person injured because of defect in road could not sue individual responsible for prioritization of road repairs); Phillips v. Thomas, 555 So.2d 81 (Ala.1989) (victim of swimming accident could sue individual who erroneously completed a checklist describing pool as fenced); Smith v. Arnold, 564 So.2d 873 (Ala.1990) (estate of psychiatric patient who committed suicide could not sue consultant); White v. Birchfield, 582 So.2d 1085 (Ala.1991) (victim of motor-vehicle collision could not sue deputy sheriff on basis of injuries caused by deputy's speeding to a crime scene); Point Properties, Inc. v. Anderson, 584 So.2d 1332 (Ala.1991) (landowner denied right to excavate could not sue official in individual capacity over attempt to rescind vacation of a road); Taylor v. Shoemaker, 605 So.2d 828 (Ala. 1992) (automobile-accident victim could not sue individual responsible for decision on whether to apply resources to removal of embedded rails in road); Pack v. Blankenship, 612 So.2d 399 (Ala.1992) (applicant could not sue individual over denial of a sewer permit); Smith v. King, 615 So.2d 69 (Ala.1993) (estate of mental-health inmate who committed suicide could not sue individual who had made subjective assessments about inmate's condition); Nance v. Matthews, 622 So.2d 297 (Ala.1993) (victim of school aide's failure to catheterize recuperating student as she had been instructed to do could not sue the aide's supervisor); Lennon v. Petersen, 624 So.2d 171 (Ala.1993) (victim could not sue coach for failure to recognize an injury soon enough); Hayes v. Walters, 628 So.2d 558 (Ala.1993) (victim of injury in gym class could not sue individual with indirect supervisory duties); Patton v. Black, 646 So.2d 8 (Ala.1994) (claim by student victim of tumbling accident presented jury question as to immunity of teacher); Roden v. Wright, 646 So.2d 605 (Ala.1994) (landowner claiming to be victim of tortious interference could not sue county commissioner over publication of official's opposition to proposed land usage); Lightfoot v. Floyd, 667 So.2d 56 (Ala.1995) (student claiming property improperly seized by Department of Public Safety investigator could sue investigator); Wright v. Wynn, 682 So.2d 1 (Ala.1996) (bystander who attempted to apprehend driver pursued by police officer and was then himself forced to ground and handcuffed by officer could not maintain claim for false imprisonment, but could maintain claim for assault and battery); Defoor v. Evesque, 694 So.2d 1302 (Ala. 1997) (employment applicant taking hydraulics test who slipped on floor at test site could sue employee who had inspected and cleaned the floor); Couch v. City of Sheffield, 708 So.2d 144 (Ala.1998) (arrestee could not sue police officer who arrested him for offense of which he later was acquitted, when officer believed he had probable cause for arrest); Town of Loxley v. Coleman, 720 So.2d 907 (Ala.1998) (inmate who fell from back of pickup truck could sue driver who was trying to avoid potholes in the road as she transported inmates from work site to prison); Ex parte Davis, 721 So.2d 685 (Ala.1998) (mother of inmate who died while in custody of Department of Corrections could not sue warden and assistant warden of prison who did not override treatment decisions of inmate's doctors); Martin v. Harrelson, 532 So.2d 1256 (Ala.Civ.App.1988) (prisoner could sue individual who released his property to third party); McCluskey v. McCraw, 672 So.2d 805 (Ala.Civ.App.1995) (estate of victim of unsafe bridge could not sue engineer and police officer for failure to report condition to county commission); Marnon v. City of Dothan, 677 So.2d 755 (Ala.Civ.App.1995) (terminated employee could not sue officers responsible for termination); Caldwell v. Brogden, 678 So.2d 1148 (Ala.Civ.App.1996) (woman who claimed to have been mistakenly arrested could not maintain 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against deputy sheriffs who arrested her and dealt with her while she was in custody); McDuffie v. Roscoe, 679 So.2d 641 (Ala.1996) (estate of person killed as a result of defectively maintained road shoulder could not sue employees of Department of Transportation); Tuscaloosa County v. Henderson, 699 So.2d 1274 (Ala. Civ.App.1997) (arrestee could sue county license inspector who issued arrest warrants for persons whom he could not contact whose names were on list of those who had failed to renew business licenses); Kassaw v. Minor, 717 So.2d 382 (Ala.Civ. App.1998) (student who slipped on hallway floor could sue student employee of college maintenance department who had mopped the floor).