Moss Point School District v. Stennis

RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Zachariah “Zai” Stennis sued Moss Point School District and several school-district officials1 (MPSD) in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for injuries she sustained in an off-campus assault by a fellow student and the student’s mother. MPSD filed a motion for summary judgment and a motion to dismiss, which were denied by the circuit court. Upon denial of its motion for reconsideration, MPSD filed this interlocutory appeal.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Stennis, then a senior at MPHS, and fellow MPHS student Shakara Davis were dating the same…