Jason Wyno v. Lowndes County

McFADDEN, Judge.

Misty Wyno was attacked and killed by her neighbors’ dog. Her husband, Jason Wyno, acting individually and as administrator of Mrs. Wyno’s estate, brought this action against the dog’s owners and against several governmental defendants — Lowndes County and four individual county employees associated with the county’s animal control services — whom he alleged had failed to respond appropriately to earlier complaints about the dog. The trial court dismissed the action against the county and the employees for failure to state a claim, concluding that sovereign and official…