Al-Sulaibe Ex Rel. Jones v. Monroe County Board of Education

I concur with the conclusion in the majority opinion that the Monroe County Board of Education is entitled to a summary judgment because the claims against it are barred by absolute immunity. I respectfully dissent from the conclusion that Frankye Beal is not also entitled to a summary judgment.

I dissent as to the latter issue because of concerns I previously have expressed to the effect that this Court is over-applying the “beyond-authority” exception to State-agent immunity. These concerns are summarized in my special writing in Ex parte Watson, 37 So.3d 752, 765-66 (Ala.2009) (Murdock, J.,…