The purpose of this division is to provide a method of payment by the State of Alabama or any of its agencies, commissions, boards, institutions, or departments to persons for injuries to person or property or for death occasioned by the State of Alabama or any of its agencies, commissions, boards, institutions, or departments where in law, justice, or good morals the same should be paid.
Ala. Code § 41-9-60
Purpose of Division.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 135 F. Supp. 2d 1185 - Nicholson v. Moates (2001)
Most recently applied in Tony Lee Smith v. Governor For the State of Alabama (April 2014)
(Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §344.)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.