Clements v. Moncrief

The appellant, Jerry Clements, brought a negligence action against Gadsden State Community College, various instructors and supervisors at Gadsden State, and several prison officials at the St. Clair correctional facility; the trial court entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants, and this appeal ensued.

Clements, who is an inmate at the St. Clair correctional facility, severed two fingers with a masonry saw while attending a trade school course offered by Gadsden State Community College at the St. Clair facility.

Clements charges that Gadsden State and its instructors failed to…