Rebecca Young (Partner-Birmingham, AL) secured summary judgment for an entertainment venue client in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama. The plaintiff alleged she was brutally assaulted by the venue’s security staff while being wrongfully detained in a stairwell. Rebecca moved for summary judgment based on insufficient evidence to support the plaintiff’s allegations. The plaintiff argued that the claims should go before a jury because her testimony alone about what occurred was sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact, particularly in the absence of video footage from the alleged location of the assault disputing her version of events. Rebecca countered that extensive video footage from before and after the alleged assault contradicted the plaintiff’s account. She prepared a detailed, minute-by-minute demonstrative timeline for the court that compared the footage to the plaintiff’s testimony, showing that the plaintiff’s version of the facts was impossible. Relying on Alabama law, which provides that when opposing parties tell two different stories, and one is blatantly contradicted by the record such that no reasonable jury could believe it, the court should not adopt that version of the facts in ruling on a motion for summary judgment. The court agreed and granted summary judgment on all claims.