City of Ridgeland v. Fowler

¶ 1. This interlocutory appeal by the City of Ridgeland presents to this Court the sole question of whether the chancery court has subject matter jurisdiction over a lawsuit brought under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 11-46-1 to -23 (Rev. 2002). Adhering to our recent decision in Lawrence County School District v. Brister,823 So.2d 459 (Miss. 2001), we hold that it does not and reverse and remand for a transfer of this case to the circuit court.

FACTS

¶ 2. Karen Ross Fowler, a twenty-year-old minor, was driving along Pear Orchard Road in Ridgeland, Madison County,…