On this day in 1970, Sam Sheppard, a doctor convicted of murdering his pregnant wife in a trial that caused a media frenzy in the 1950s, dies of liver failure. After a decade in prison, Sheppard was released following a re-trial.
Official Immunity Law and Legal Definition. Official immunity is a discretionary immunity from personal liability that is granted to public officers for tortious acts and omissions. It is a personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority.
immunity. 1  the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like. 2  the condition that permits either natural or acquired resistance to disease. 3  the ability of a cell to react immunologically in the presence of an antigen. 4  exemption from any natural or usual liability.