DeSoto County, Mississippi v. Tracy Dennis

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The sole question presented in this interlocutory appeal is whether a DeSoto County justice court clerk’s negligence in failing to cancel an arrest warrant subjects the county to a tort lawsuit. We hold that, for the negligent act complained of in this case, the county has immunity under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act. So we reverse the trial court’s failure to grant summary judgment, and we render a judgment in DeSoto County’s favor.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2. The facts necessary to decide this case are undisputed. A domestic dispute led a…