Aultman v. Lawrence County

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Arnetria Aultman appeals the Lawrence County Circuit Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Lawrence County, Mississippi, under the Mississippi Torts Claims Act (MTCA). Finding no error, we affirm.

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. On April 13, 2009, just after midnight, Aultman was injured when her vehicle plunged into a huge crevasse that was approximately twenty feet wide and ten feet deep. The crevasse formed when a section of Oak Grove Road was washed out following heavy rainfall in Lawrence County, Mississippi. Another vehicle, driven by…