RICHARDSON v. RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DIST.

No. 58337.

540 So.2d 5 (1989)

Alma Jane RICHARDSON v. RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; and Michael B. Vinson, County Superintendent of Education of Rankin County, Ms; Elton Jay, Henry Cannon, Shirley Hall, Ann Sturdivant and A.J. Comfort, in their Capacity as Members of the Board of Trustees of Rankin County School District, and Darlene Collier.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry T. Johnston, Brandon, for appellant.

Fred M. Harrell, Jr., Robert R. Rester, Jr., Harrell & Rester, Brandon, for appellees.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Robert L. Gibbs, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jackson, for amicus curiae.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and ZUCCARO, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal revisits the doctrine of governmental immunity abandoned by this Court in Pruett v. City of Rosedale, 421 So.2d 1046 (Miss. 1982) and seeks total and final abandonment of such doctrine again by this Court. Plaintiff Alma Jane Richardson suffered personal injury in an accident between her vehicle and a Rankin County School bus driven by Darlene Collier. Richardson sued the Rankin...

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