J.S. v. Lamar County School District

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA), governmental entities such as public school districts are immune from liability based on the exercise of a discretionary function. Parents J.S. and L.S. sued the Lamar County School District (District) based on neck injuries allegedly sustained by their daughter A.S. (“Amy”)1 in a car wreck in the parking lot of Oak Grove High School. The complaint alleged the District was negligent because it failed to maintain reasonable control of the vehicles in the parking lot and safe traffic conditions on campus. Because we…