Housing Authority of Jackson v. Lampley

BANKS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This interlocutory appeal raises the issue of whether proper notice was given under the Torts Claims Act where the notice was filed with the then Mayor of the City of Jackson as opposed to the chief executive officer of the governmental agency being sued. Because during the pen-dency of this appeal this Court has rendered a number of decisions concerning the notice requirement in the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA), Miss.Code Ann. §§ 11-46-1 to -23 (Supp.1999), we deem it prudent to vacate the judgment below on the issue and remand this matter to the trial…