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Kelly v. Ellis

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 11, 1992
611 So. 2d 262 (Ala. 1992)

Opinion

1910921.

October 23, 1992. Rehearing Denied December 11, 1992.

Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court, No. CV-89-6670, P. Wayne Thorn, Judge.

Patrick D. Kelly, pro se.

Charles H. Wyatt, Jr., Birmingham, for appellee.


That portion of the judgment in favor of the City of Birmingham, based on a directed verdict, is affirmed on the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 1983; City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik, 485 U.S. 112, 108 S.Ct. 915, 99 L.Ed.2d 107 (1988); Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati, 475 U.S. 469, 106 S.Ct. 1292, 89 L.Ed.2d 452 (1986); Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978); see Depew v. City of St. Marys, 787 F.2d 1496 (11th Cir. 1986); Brooks v. City of Birmingham, 584 So.2d 451 (Ala. 1991); Gore v. City of Hoover, 559 So.2d 163 (Ala. 1990); Bahakel v. Tate, 503 So.2d 837 (Ala. 1987); Boyette v. City of Mobile, 442 So.2d 61 (Ala. 1983); Bahakel v. City of Birmingham, 427 So.2d 143 (Ala. 1983); and Neighbors v. City of Birmingham, 384 So.2d 113 (Ala. 1980).

That portion of the judgment in favor of the defendants Arthur W. Ellis and Faye Lampkin Mitchell, based on a jury verdict, is affirmed on the authority of Alpine Bay Resorts, Inc. v. Wyatt, 539 So.2d 160 (Ala. 1988); G.M. Mosley Contractors, Inc. v. Phillips, 487 So.2d 876 (Ala. 1986); and White v. Fridge, 461 So.2d 793 (Ala. 1984). See also Campbell v. Burns, 512 So.2d 1341 (Ala. 1987); Ashbee v. Brock, 510 So.2d 214 (Ala. 1987); Hollis v. Wyrosdick, 508 So.2d 704 (Ala. 1987); Jawad v. Granade, 497 So.2d 471 (Ala. 1986); Willingham v. State, 261 Ala. 454, 74 So.2d 241 (1954); Charles W. Gamble, McElroy's Alabama Evidence § 121.07 (4th ed. 1991); and Rules 54(c) and 55, A.R.Civ.P.

AFFIRMED.

MADDOX, SHORES, HOUSTON and KENNEDY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Kelly v. Ellis

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 11, 1992
611 So. 2d 262 (Ala. 1992)
Case details for

Kelly v. Ellis

Case Details

Full title:Patrick D. KELLY v. Arthur W. ELLIS, et al

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Dec 11, 1992

Citations

611 So. 2d 262 (Ala. 1992)