City of Jackson, Mississippi v. Sherman Jackson

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA) case, the City of Jackson (City) appeals the judgment awarding damages to Sherman Jackson due to injuries he sustained when Jackson Police Department officers shot and arrested him. Because the record supports the Hinds County Circuit Court’s findings that the , officers acted in reckless disregard for the public’s safety, which precluded tort-claim immunity, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In the early morning hours of January 1, 2011, Jackson and Frederick Moore traveled to…