Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex Parte Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama. (in Re Mary Ann Wilkinson v. Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama)
May 25, 2012102 So. 3d 368
Summary
The court held that the Board of Dental Examiners is an immediate and strictly governmental agency of Alabama and therefore enjoys absolute sovereign immunity under Article I, § 14. Because the Board is immune from suit, the circuit court lacked jurisdiction over the employee's contract claim, and the Board of Adjustment was the proper forum for the claim. The court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals and remanded for entry of a consistent judgment.