City of Jackson v. Harris

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The City of Jackson 1 appeals from a final judgment in favor of the wrongful-death beneficiaries of Desmonde Harris, who died in a motor-vehicle accident involving a Jackson police officer. The City of Jackson asserts that the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA) precludes liability in this case because Harris’s death was the result of culpable-negligence manslaughter. Alternatively, the City of Jackson argues that the trial judge erred in finding it was the sole proximate cause of Harris’s death and in awarding the wrongful-death beneficiaries $500,000 in…