Bailey v. Bass

KENNEDY, Justice.

The plaintiff, John W. Bailey, appeals from summary judgments entered in favor *590of defendants Ray D. Bass, B.A. Riddle, Joe Black, and Tom Cain.1 We affirm.

The dispositive issue in the case before us is whether defendant Tom Cain is entitled to discretionary function immunity from tort liability.

On April 24, 1985, Bailey was injured when two 34-foot spans of the Chickasa-bogue Creek Bridge collapsed while he was driving his vehicle across it. The collapse was due to corrosion of the bridge’s underwater steel substructure. In April 1987, Bailey sued, as individuals and in their…