Nicholas Hoffman v. City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System and the Board of Managers of the City of…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the circuit court's denial of Hoffman’s extraordinary disability claim because the statutory accident requirement was not satisfied, reversed the denial of his ordinary disability claim because the circuit court failed to consider evidence and improperly applied the manifest‑wrong standard, and declined to reassign the lower‑court judge despite allegations of bias.