Bargsley v. Authority (In re Birmingham Airport Auth.)

PARKER, Justice.

Terri Bargsley filed a negligence and wantonness action in the Jefferson Circuit Court ("the circuit court") against the Birmingham Airport Authority ("the BAA") seeking to recover damages for injuries Bargsley allegedly incurred in a fall at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport ("the airport"), which the BAA manages and operates. The BAA filed a motion to dismiss Bargsley's tort action, claiming that it is entitled to immunity under various sections of the Alabama Code 1975. The circuit court granted the BAA's motion to dismiss in part and denied it in part. The…