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.
Passive immunity is the transfer of antibody produced by. one human or other animal to another. Passive immunity. provides protection against some infections, but this. protection is temporary. The antibodies will degrade during. a period of weeks to months, and the recipient will no. longer be protected.