City of Magee, Mississippi v. Connie D. Jones

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this interlocutory appeal, the City of Magee challenges the Simpson County Circuit Court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment against Connie Jones, arguing that Jones’s claim is barred by the discretionary-function provision of the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA). We vacate the trial court’s denial of Magee’s motion for summary judgment and remand this case to the trial court for the parties to present evidence in light of this Court’s new standard for applying discretionary-function immunity.

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