JohnTate Campbell v. Harrison County Board of Supervisors

WILSON, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. John Tate Campbell was seriously injured when he fell into an open drainage channel while walking on the beach late at night without a flashlight. The channel, which is sixteen to eighteen feet wide, is on the beach near the Courthouse Road Pier in Gulfport.

¶ 2. Campbell sued Harrison County under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, alleging that the county negligently failed to protect him from and warn him of a dangerous condition. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the county.

¶ 3. We hold that the wide drainage channel is an "open and…