Edmonson County v. French

OPINION

LAMBERT, Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the Edmonson Circuit Court’s denial of a motion to dismiss by the defendants on the basis of sovereign immunity. Because we agree with the defendants' that they are entitled to immunity, we reverse the circuit court’s ruling and remand for dismissal of the complaint.

In February 2010, Sharon French, the Edmonson Circuit Court Clerk, slipped *412and fell on ice while entering the Edmon-son County Courthouse, her place of employment. One year later, French filed suit in Edmonson Circuit Court against Edmonson County, Kentucky; Edmonson…