Ex Parte Lester Lee Thomas. Petition for Writ of Mandamus: Civil

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama denied a State trooper's petition for mandamus seeking a summary judgment based on State-agent immunity. Although the trooper established that he was performing a law-enforcement function generally eligible for immunity, the record presented factual and legal questions concerning whether he violated mandatory traffic-law duties and whether an emergency-vehicle exemption applied. The court also declined to consider immunity arguments raised for the first time in the mandamus proceeding.