Wayne County School District v. Worsham

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA) case arises out of an accident that occurred in Wayne County, Mississippi, between a school bus and a four-door passenger car. Following the accident, the driver of the car, Ernestine Worsham, brought suit alleging negligence and negligence per se on behalf of the driver of the school bus, and negligence, negligence per se, and gross negligence on behalf of Wayne County School District. After a bench trial, the driver of the school bus, Natasha Middleton, was dismissed from the suit. And despite evidence that a local…