Pittman v. City of Taylor

I concur with my brother the Chief Justice as follows:

1) Maki terminated existing statutory governmental immunity.

2) This Court was therefore free under common-law principles to continue or abrogate common-law governmental immunity. I agree with the abrogation of common-law immunity for this case, pending cases in which the point was made and preserved, and prospectively from this decision as to common-law governmental immunity.

Whether, however, there should be any governmental immunity and, if so, to what extent, is in the jurisdiction of the Legislature. The Legislature in its wisdom may or…