Chase v. City of Memphis

OPINION

HOLDER, Justice.

This ease involves a tort action against the defendant, City of Memphis, arising out of a woman’s death when she was mauled by two pit bull dogs. The Court of Appeals held that the City was immune under the Governmental Tort Liability Act (“GTLA”) but removed the immunity pursuant to the common law special duty exception to the public duty doctrine. The issues with which we are now confronted are whether: (1) the City animal shelter’s failure to follow-up on an order requiring the owner of the dangerous dogs to enroll his dogs in obedience school was im mune under the…