Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Doe ex rel. Doe v. Rankin County School District

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 5, 2015No. 2012-CT-01163-SCTPublished

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partKitchens, Justice

¶23. I agree with the majority’s reasoning that whether the Rankin County School District was entitled to discretionary-function immunity under the Mississippi Tort Claims' Act (MTCA) should be determined by the test this Court articulated in Brantley v. City of Horn Lake, 152 So.3d 1106 (Miss.2014), and not by the public-policy function test. However, the Rankin County School District waived the applicability of discretionary-function immunity, regardless of which test is applied, by waiting, without justification, nineteen months before asserting this affirmative defense in its motion for…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. MS Credit Center, Inc. v. HortonMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Brooks v. RobertsMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Bruce v. BruceMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. William T. Brantley v. City of Horn Lake, MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Bang v. PittmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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