Opinion ID: 2737463
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Heading: standard of review

Text: Summary judgment is proper if there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and ... the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Rule 56(c), Ala. R. Civ. P. 'The standard of review applicable to a summary judgment is the same as the standard for granting the motion....' '... The burden is on the moving party to make a prima facie showing that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that it is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. In determining whether the movant has carried that burden, the court is to view the evidence in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party and to draw all reasonable inferences in favor of that party. To defeat a properly supported summary judgment motion, the 7 1130440 nonmoving party must present substantial evidence creating a genuine issue of material fact--evidence of such weight and quality that fair-minded persons in the exercise of impartial judgment can reasonably infer the existence of the fact sought to be proved.' Pritchett v. ICN Med. Alliance, Inc., 938 So. 2d 933, 935 (Ala. 2006)(quoting Capital Alliance Ins. Co. v. ThoroughClean, Inc., 639 So. 2d 1349, 1350 (Ala. 1994))(internal citations omitted). Questions of law are reviewed de novo. Alabama Republican Party v. McGinley, 893 So. 2d 337, 342 (Ala. 2004).