Samuel Wilcher, Jr. v. Lincoln County Board of Supervisors

MAXWELL, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. The trial court granted the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors' and the City of Brookhaven, Mississippi's motions to dismiss Samuel Wilcher, Jr.'s personal injury suit, finding both governmental entities enjoyed discretionary-function immunity. In doing so, the judge employed this Court's recently created " Brantley " test. 1

¶ 2. On appeal, we face head on one of the unintended but predicted consequences of Brantley -that the test forces parties and judges to wade through an ever-deepening quagmire of regulations and ordinances to locate "ministerial" or…