Legal Opinion
Kelley v. Burnell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 17, 2012No. 1100897PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISE, Justice.
Ralph Burnell petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Bibb Circuit Court to vacate its February 11, 2011, order denying his motion to dismiss claims the plaintiff, Christi Burr Kelley, filed against him and to enter a judgment of dismissal in his favor. We grant the petition and issue the writ.
Facts and Procedural History
On December 13, 2007, while she was an inmate in the Bibb County jail, Kelley slipped in the shower area, fell, and was injured. Burnell was the warden of the jail at the time of the incident. In her complaint, as amended, Kelley sued Bibb…
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