Duckworth v. Warren

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Aggrieved by the Monroe County Circuit Court’s grant of summary judgment and entry of final judgment in favor of the State of Alabama and Alabama State Trooper Bart Walker, Jerry Wayne Duckworth appealed to this Court. Finding error in the trial court’s grant of the Alabama defendants’ Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment, we reverse the trial court’s final judgment and remand this case to the Circuit Court of Monroe County for a jury trial consistent with this opinion.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE TRIAL COURT

¶ 2. On February 12, 2002, Alabama State…