Rodgers v. Hopper

The Alabama Corrections Institute Finance Authority ("ACIFA"), the Department of Corrections (sometimes referred to herein as "the Department"), and certain officials of each of these two entities were named as defendants in a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by a correctional officer who had been stabbed by an inmate. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of these defendants, and the plaintiff appealed. We must determine whether these defendants were entitled to immunity.

Because this appeal is from a summary judgment, our review is governed by this standard:

"[A] party moving for…