Connell v. State ex rel. Mississippi Department of Corrections

WALLER, JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Stella G. Connell sued the State of Mississippi, acting through the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the State Parole Board, under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA), Miss.Code Ann. §§ 11-46-1 to -23 (Rev.2002), for damages sustained when she was raped by Michael M. Adams, a parolee accepted into Mississippi for supervision from the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Lafayette County Circuit Court entered summary judgment in favor of the State. Connell appeals, arguing that her notice of claim was filed prior to the expiration of the MTCA’s…