Knight v. Mississippi Transportation Commission

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Charles and Carolyn Prather died in a car accident after crashing into a bridge on Mississippi Highway 8 in Calhoun County, Mississippi. Their beneficiaries, the Appellants, 1 filed a wrongful death suit against the Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC). The Appellants claimed in their suit that the MTC had negligently maintained Highway 8 and had failed to warn of dangerous conditions on the road, thus, causing the Prathers’ deaths. The MTC moved for summary judgment and claimed immunity under the Mississippi Toi't Claims Act (MTCA) pursuant to…