Alesa Dawn Crum v. City of Corinth

¶21. While the result reached by the plurality is correct, I maintain that the analysis first adopted by this Court in Jones v. Mississippi Department of Transportation2 simplifies the inquiry and would result in more predictive results for plaintiffs and defendants alike. I agree that the trial court erred in granting immunity under the discretionary-function exception of the Mississippi Tort Claims Act. The fact remains that an employee of the City’s street department dislodged a manhole cover while mowing, which caused water to enter and flood Crum’s house. I fail to see how mowing grass…