KELLY v. ELLIS, 611 So.2d 262 (Ala. 1992)

611 So.2d 262

Patrick D. KELLY v. Arthur W. ELLIS, et al.

1910921.Supreme Court of Alabama.
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.

HORNSBY, Chief Justice.

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

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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); an 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); an 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.