Sanders v. Alabama Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

SEE, Justice.

The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (“DMHMR”); its acting commissioner, John H. Houston; two former directors of the J.S. Tarwater Development Center; and five former employees of the J.S. Tar-water Development Center petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to enter a summary judgment in their favor on the grounds of sovereign immunity and State-agent immunity. We grant the petition in part and deny it in part.

Facts

Charles “Marty” Green was, at the time of the incidents giving rise to this action, a mentally retarded…