Limitations and Notice Requirements for Tort Claims Against Government Entities

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Alabama -

Source of Government Immunity -

- Claims against State: Ala. Const. art. I, §14.

..State is immune from tort actions.

..Bars (1) claims against the State, (2) claims against a State agency, (3) claims against a state official or employee sued in his official capacity as an agent for the State, and (4) claims against a state official or employee sued in his individual capacity.

- Claims against Municipalities: Al. Code §11-47-190.

..Municipalities are not immune from tort actions.

..Liability is limited to claims arising out of the neglect, carelessness or unskillfulness of their officers or employees. ..Municipality not liable for intentional torts; prohibition against intentional torts contained in § 11-47-190 applies only to lawsuits against a municipality itself, and does not prohibit the assertion of intentional tort claims against individual employees.

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