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Malpractice: Ruling on State-Agent Immunity Overturned in Alabama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Neeta Toprani
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , Spring 2001 , pp. 109 - 110
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2001

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Wimpee v. Stella, 2000 WL 1234399 (Ala. 2000).Google Scholar
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Ex parte Cranman, 2000 WL 772850, 23 (Ala. 2000).Google Scholar
Specifically, the court in Cranman determined that the physician is protected by the doctrine of state-agent immunity only when his or her actions involve (1) formulating plans or policies, (2) exercising judgment in the administration of a department or agency of government, or (3) discharging duties imposed by statute, rule, or regulation. Id. at 11.Google Scholar