TALLASEEHATCHIE CREEK WATERSHED v. Allred

This is an interlocutory appeal, pursuant to Rule 5, Ala.R.App.P., by Tallaseehatchie Creek Watershed Conservancy District ("TCWCD") from an order of the trial court denying its motion to dismiss the plaintiff's action. The only issue is whether TCWCD is clothed with sovereign immunity by virtue of Ala. Const. 1901, art. I, § 14, and therefore is not subject to suit in the courts of this state.

The plaintiff, Mary Ann Allred, as administratrix of the estate of Camie Jo Allred Headrick, deceased, brought an action against TCWCD and other defendants after Headrick died from injuries received in…