Powell v. City of Pascagoula

752 So.2d 999 (1999)

Shirley H. POWELL

v.

The CITY OF PASCAGOULA, Mississippi and Shannon J. Broom.

No. 98-CA-00643-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 16, 1999.

David C. Frazier, Pascagoula, Attorney for Appellant.

Robert W. Wilkinson, Adam Stone, Pascagoula, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., SMITH AND COBB, JJ.

COBB, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. This is yet another case caught in the transition from "strict compliance" to "substantial compliance" with regard to the notice of claims requirements of the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, Miss.Code Ann. § 11-46-11…