Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex Parte Bessemer City Board of Education and Davis Middle School. (in Re John Doe, a Minor, by and Through His Next…
November 15, 2013143 So. 3d 726
Summary
The Alabama Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate its order denying the Bessemer City Board of Education’s motion to dismiss and to dismiss the negligence claim filed by a minor with prejudice. The Court held that the Board is an agency of the State entitled to absolute immunity under Art. I, § 14 of the Alabama Constitution, and that Davis Middle School is not a separate legal entity from the Board and therefore also immune.